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In December 2019, Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (hereafter 'the directive') entered into force. Member States had 2 years to transpose the directive into their domestic legal systems. Prior to the entry into force of the directive, the legal framework was fragmented at national level and limited in scope to specific sectors at EU level (i.e. financial services and transport safety). Transposition did not prove easy, and the European Commission ...

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. It analyses the consequences of the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal for the legal relationship between Poland and the EU, compares it to the case law of other Member States’ highest courts and makes policy recommendations on how to deal with the judgment.

Each year, millions of live animals are transported by road, sea, rail and air within, and to or from, the European Union, for a number of reasons, such as slaughter, fattening or breeding. To protect their welfare during those journeys, the EU adopted Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport. An evaluation of the regulation showed that, when correctly implemented and enforced, it had a positive impact on the welfare of animals. However, in some areas weaknesses still persist ...

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee. It presents an analysis of the EU right to petition, as a key element of participatory democracy, and its procedure with a focus on the cooperation between the Committee on Petitions and the Commission. It examines the procedures to deal with petitions and infringements of EU law, in particular EU environmental law. It provides an overview ...

On 11 April 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a new directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. Currently, consumer organisations or independent public bodies can bring actions in the name of consumers in courts or before administrative authorities to stop infringements of consumer legislation. According to the proposal, they would be able to demand compensation for consumers as well. The co-legislators adopted a new directive ...

El presente estudio evalúa la aplicación del régimen de control actual de la pesca de la Unión por parte de los Estados miembros. Se centra en la aplicación de los procedimientos nacionales de infracción, las sanciones y el sistema de puntos para las infracciones graves entre 2014 y 2019. La investigación muestra los resultados sobre la base de las entrevistas y las respuestas a encuestas de diecisiete de los veintidós Estados miembros ribereños y presenta estudios de caso para los siete países que ...

European consumers enjoy a high level of rights, but when the rules protecting them are broken, they need to be enforced. The main goals of enforcement are to prevent and punish infringements, and to enable consumers harmed by infringements to get wrongs put right (consumer redress). In the 2019 consumer conditions scoreboard poll, one in five consumers said that they had encountered problems when buying a product or service in the previous 12 months. However, whereas two thirds of them had complained ...

On 11 April 2018, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a directive on better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules, as part of its 'new deal for consumers' package of measures. The proposal followed a fitness check of consumer legislation and an evaluation of the Consumer Rights Directive that showed that EU consumer legislation could benefit from certain aspects being clarified and brought into line with the reality of the digital economy. Following negotiations ...

La propuesta de nuevo Reglamento de la UE sobre la protección de las personas que denuncian infracciones del Derecho de la Unión abarca una amplia serie de disposiciones de la legislación de la UE, incluidos el blanqueo de capitales, la fiscalidad de las empresas, la protección de datos, la protección de los intereses financieros de la Unión, la seguridad de los alimentos y de los productos, la protección del medio ambiente y la seguridad nuclear. Está previsto que el Parlamento Europeo apruebe un ...

En el marco de los esfuerzos encaminados a mejorar el cumplimiento de las normas relativas a la protección de los consumidores, la Comisión Europea ha propuesto una Directiva relativa a las acciones de representación para la protección de los intereses colectivos de los consumidores. La propuesta, presentada como parte del «Nuevo marco para los consumidores», tiene por objeto permitir a los consumidores de toda la Unión emplear las acciones de representación para exigir una indemnización de las empresas ...