Category Archives: General EU Regulation
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Opening/switching bank accounts and information on fees Directive 2014/92/EU — comparable and transparent fees and rules for all payment accounts and payment account switching It aims to tackle 3 main issues: access ...
Bus and coach passengers’ rights Passengers, including those with a disability or reduced mobility, travelling by bus and coach enjoy the same rights wherever they travel in the European Union (EU). These rights, ...
Package travel — consumer rights (from 2018) Directive (EU) 2015/2302 — package travel and linked travel arrangements. It aims to introduce a high, uniform level of consumer protection in relation to contracts for ...
Geo-blocking: addressing discriminatory treatment of customers Regulation (EU) 2018/302 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or ...
Online intermediation services — fairness and transparency for business users Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services It aims to ensure ...
Contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services Directive (EU) 2019/770 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services It sets out rules concerning ...
Cooperation between national authorities on consumer protection laws Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 — cooperation between national authorities for the enforcement of consumer protection laws aims to protect consumers ...
Alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative resolutions for disputes between traders and consumers ensures that EU consumers can submit their contractual dispute with an ...
Enjoying online content without borders Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 — portability of online content services throughout the EU It aims to ensure that subscribers to an online content service in their own EU country, ...
Competition in electronic communications networks and services Ensure that every undertaking has the right to provide electronic communications services or put in place, extend or exploit electronic communication ...
The single digital gateway Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services The single digital gateway ...
Attacks against information systems The EU cybercrime directive aims to fight cybercrime and promote information security through stronger national laws, more severe criminal penalties and greater cooperation between ...
Right to be forgotten on the Internet European Union (EU) legislation on personal data protection is designed to balance two aims: to respect the fundamental right to protect personal data and to remove obstacles ...
Use of passenger records to prevent terrorism and serious crime Directive (EU) 2016/681 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist ...
Protecting personal data when being used by police and criminal justice authorities Directive (EU) 2016/680 — protecting individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data by police and criminal justice ...
Free flow of non-personal data in the European Union Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 — on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union It aims to ensure that electronic data, apart from personal ...
More secure transactions on the Internet Regulation (EU) No 910/2014: on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market The Electronic Identification and Trust ...
The .eu top-level domain Regulation (EU) 2019/517 on the implementation and functioning of the .eu top-level domain name The regulation updates rules about the .eu country code top level domain (ccTLD) and variants ...
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) The 2008 financial crisis brought to light shortcomings in European Union (EU) financial supervision. Based in Frankfurt, the European Insurance and ...
Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION? Known as the ‘PEPP Regulation’, it establishes the legal ...
Managing collective retirement schemes — occupational pension funds Directive (EU) 2016/2341 — activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision It sets out minimum harmonisation rules ...
Social security system — Cooperation between EU countries Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 on coordinating social security systems It is an implementing regulation which modernises and simplifies the rules for applying ...
Parental leave Revised Framework Agreement between European social partners on parental leave – Council Directive 2010/18/EU — It implements the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by the European ...
Equal treatment of temporary agency workers European legislation improves the protection of temporary agency workers by ensuring equal treatment concerning the basic working and employment conditions. It establishes ...
Equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin Directive 2000/43/EC — implementing equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin It aims to combat discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic ...
Accessibility of products and services Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services It aims to harmonise accessibility* requirements for certain products* and services so the ...
Indirect taxes on raising capital Directive 2008/7/EC — indirect taxes on the raising of capital seeks to regulate the indirect taxes levied by EU countries on the raising of capital. Indirect taxes are those levied ...
Shareholder Rights Directive Directive 2007/36/EC on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies Directive (EU) 2017/828 amending Directive 2007/36/EC The Directives establish rules promoting ...
Certain aspects of company law concerning limited liability companies Directive (EU) 2017/1132 – codification of certain aspects of company law concerning limited liability companies. In the interest of legal clarity ...
Taxation of energy products and electricity Directive 2003/96/EC — restructuring the EU’s system for the taxation of energy products and electricity lays down European Union (EU) rules on taxes in regard to ...
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