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Updating the Blocking Regulation: The EU's answer to US extraterritorial sanctions
On 8 May 2018, President Trump announced the unilateral US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the landmark nuclear agreement signed by Iran and the E3/EU+3 – France, Germany, the UK and the EU plus China, Russia and the USA – in 2015. He also announced that the US would re-impose sanctions on Iran that had been lifted as part of the implementation of the JCPOA. These sanctions have extraterritorial effect, essentially making it illegal for EU companies and financial institutions ...
Étude commandée par la commission REGI - Situation économique, sociale et territoriale de la Slovénie
La présente note d’information a pour objet de fournir des informations en vue de la visite qu’une delegation de la commission du développement régional du Parlement européen effectuera en Slovénie, les 3, 4 et 5 avril 2018.
Tax Challenges in the Digital Economy
This paper analyses direct and indirect tax challenges in the digital economy in light of the conclusions of the OECD’s BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Project. While assessing the recent reforms in the area of taxation within the EU and third countries, it revisits the question of whether or not specific measures are needed for the digital sector. Taking into account the recent scandals involving big digital companies and their aggressive tax planning practices in the EU, the specificities ...
EU copyright reform: Revisiting the principle of territoriality
Copyright protection is territorial since rights are normally acquired and enforced on a country-by-country basis, and exceptions and limitations to copyright protection vary from one Member State to another. However, the new digital environment increasingly characterised by the use of the internet to deliver content across borders has an impact on both users and the creative industries, and represents a challenge to the implementation of coherent copyright legislation throughout the EU. The European ...
Le droit des contrats et le marché unique numérique: Vers une nouvelle loi européenne sur la vente des biens de consommation en ligne?
Dans sa stratégie pour un marché unique numérique, dévoilée en mai 2015, la Commission s'est engagée à présenter une révision de la proposition relative à un droit commun européen de la vente avant la fin de l'année. La Commission a donné plus de précisions à ce sujet dans une analyse d'impact initiale publiée en juillet 2015. Le débat sur la proposition remaniée devra à tout le moins régler cinq questions cruciales. Premièrement, la forme juridique: le futur acte relatif à la vente en ligne sera-t-il ...
Brussels IIa: Towards a Review
The Brussels IIa Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility), which since 1 March 2005 has applied to all Member States except Denmark, is about to be reviewed. The European Parliament will be consulted in this process. This notes aims to clarify the scope of the regulation which relates to other international instruments. It applies ...
Legal Implications of the Nord Stream Project