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In March 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a directive to expand the use of digital tools and processes in EU company law. The directive would seek to facilitate companies' cross-border activities by reducing bureaucracy and administrative burdens (such as when setting up subsidiaries and branches in another Member State), increase transparency and boost trust in the business environment across the EU. The proposal is expected to contribute to the creation of a more integrated ...

Déanann údaráis phoiblí conarthaí le haghaidh oibreacha agus seirbhísí, arb ionann iad agus méid trádála de EUR 2.448 billiún in aghaidh na bliana san Aontas, rud a fhágann go bhfuil an soláthar poiblí ina mhórspreagadh don fhás eacnamaíoch, do chruthú post agus don nuálaíocht. Leis an bpacáiste um sholáthar poiblí, a glacadh in 2014, cuirtear EUR 2.88 billiún le OTI AE gach bliain. Thairis sin, mar thoradh ar threoracha AE maidir le soláthar poiblí, cothaíodh méadú ar na luachanna iomlána dámhachtana ...

Tá dlí Eorpach na gcuideachtaí códaithe go páirteach i dTreoir (AE) 2017/1132 agus leanann na Ballstáit de ghníomhartha ar leith cuideachtaí a fheidhmiú, a leasaítear ó am go chéile chun treoracha agus rialacháin AE a chomhlíonadh. Is é is aidhm do na hiarrachtaí atá ar bun ar dhlí cuideachtaí agus creat rialachais chorparáidigh atá nua-aimseartha agus éifeachtúil a bhunú do ghnóthais, d’infheisteoirí agus d’fhostaithe Eorpacha ná an timpeallacht ghnó in AE a fheabhsú.

European Parliament has been an active agenda-setter and initiator of several calls to regulate corporate social responsibility (CSR). On 10 March 2021, Parliament called the Commission to prescribe sustainability duties for companies established in the European Union or governed by EU law. Building on Parliament’s resolution, in February 2023 the Commission published a legislative proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. On 19 March 2024, the JURI Committee adopted the ...

Responding to repeated calls from the European Parliament to propose common Union-wide rules to facilitate the cross-border activity of non-profit organisations (NPOs), the Commission has proposed a directive on European cross-border associations (ECBAs). Parliament is due to vote on the report on this proposal, submitted by its Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), during its March plenary session.

Presented as part of the 'SME relief package', the initiative aims to tighten the EU's late payment framework and improve its enforcement. It proposes, among other things, to convert the current Late Payment Directive into a regulation, a move that several national parliaments contested. National parliaments also raised subsidiarity and proportionality concerns on several provisions. The impact assessment (IA) adequately justifies the need to revise the late payment framework, and substantiates the ...

This study addresses cross-border restitution claims to looted art, considering Nazi-looted art and colonial takings, but also more recent cultural losses resulting from illicit trafficking. Although these categories differ considerably, commonalties exist. The study highlights blind spots in the legal and policy frameworks and formulates recommendations on how these could be bridged. This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional ...

This study – commissioned by the Policy Department C at the request of the Committee on Legal Affairs – aims at discussing the reasons why the law chosen in commercial contracts is largely non-European and non-member state law. To do so, it first provides an overview of the relevant academic and policy efforts underwent to formulate a European contract law. Then it moves on to touch upon a broad spectrum of matters emerging both from international reports on the adjudication and the functioning of ...

The fishing sector is facing major challenges in the accelerating energy crisis, owing to its high dependency on the stable supply of fossil fuels at low prices. This report reviews the literature on drivers of energy use, identifies potential reduction measures and provides an overview of opportunities for using alternative fuels in the fishing sector. Each measure is evaluated in terms of greenhouse gas emission reduction potential and costs, and challenges and policy options that could facilitate ...

This briefing provides a pre-legislative synthesis of the positions of national, regional and local governmental organisations on the European Commission's listing act proposals. The proposals are designed to support companies' access to public capital markets. This briefing forms part of an EPRS series offering a summary of the pre-legislative state of play and advance consultation on a range of key Commission priorities during its five-year term in office. It seeks to present the current state ...