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This news item continues the reporting on key EU reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022: the impact on the EU’s internal security policy, on criminal law, and on the protection of the EU’s financial interests. It includes the European Council conclusions reaffirming the EU's unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s continued aggression and the new legal framework establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism.

On 9 October 2024, the European Commission released a detailed report evaluating the first periodic review of the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The review aimed to assess the implementation and operational effectiveness of the framework, which governs the protection of personal data transferred from the European Union to organisations in the United States since one year.

The news item is an overview of the latest developments on the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). It follows on from the news on the DMA in →eucrim 2/2024, 95-96. The DMA aims to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector with strenghtened compliance obligations for "gatekeepers".

On 26 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued a judgment in Case C-792/22 ("Energotehnica") addressing the binding force of administrative court judgements for criminal proceedings and the primacy of EU law over conflicting national court decisions.

This news item continues the reporting on the latest developments concerning the DSA in the form of a chronological overview. It follows the overview in eucrim 2/2024, 91-92.

On 25 September 2024, the European Commission announced that over 100 companies have signed the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pact, committing to voluntary pledges to promote trustworthy and safe AI development ahead of the AI Act's full application. The signatories include multinational corporations and European …

On 8 October 2024, the Council has removed Antigua and Barbuda from the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, reducing the list to 11 jurisdictions: American Samoa, Anguilla, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Russia, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, the US Virgin Islands, and …

The 2023 report on the EU enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) confirmed trends from previous years and highlighted the growing challenges posed by counterfeit goods.

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published an Opinion on the proposed Regulation to enhance police cooperation to prevent, detect, and investigate the smuggling of migrants and the trafficking of human beings, and to reinforce the role of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation …

On 24 June 2024, a new Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims was published in the Official Journal. The Directive considerably amends and modifies the 2011 anti-trafficking Directive.