Eu Law

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that by failing to stop the use of the designation ‘Feta’ for cheese intended for export to third countries, Denmark has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law. It has not, however, infringed the obligation of sincere cooperatio

Eoin Delap BL has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL). Mr Delap is a practising barrister and a member of the Law Library in Dublin who has previously worked in the charities sector in Ireland and the United States.

Philip Lee partners Sean McElligott and Anne Bateman examine coming changes to EU rules for big tech companies. On Tuesday, the European Parliament passed the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Marketing Act (DMA) in what European Commissioner, Thierry Breton referred to as a “landslide vo

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has welcomed approval from the Oireachtas for Ireland to opt in to the first piece of EU legislation specifically addressing violence against women and domestic violence. The European Commission has identified gaps in protection and support measures across the European

The indiscriminate collection of mobile phone data will only be allowed where a judge agrees there are national security grounds to do so, under new legislation which follows a successful EU court challenge brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer. The Department of Justice yesterday published the

The Supreme Court has determined that it will hear an appeal relating to the surrender of a man to Lithuania where the State had failed to implement Framework Directive 2008/909/JHA. In the determination delivered by the court yesterday, it was noted that the High Court appeared to have been led int

The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that UK citizens no longer possess EU citizenship after it was asked to rule on the topic by a British woman living in France. The woman, EP, was challenging her removal from the French electoral roll, which in turn required the French court h

A proposed EU directive aimed at enhancing the access of workers to minimum wage protection has progressed with the reaching of political agreement between the European Parliament and EU member states. The new directive will neither set a common European minimum wage or require all member states to

Legislation underpinning the retention of data by gardaí will be amended following a successful EU court challenge brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer, the government has announced. In April, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the "general

Nicholas Metcalfe and Emer Shelly of Mason Hayes & Curran examine proposed new EU rules on corporate sustainability. The European Commission recently adopted a proposal for a new directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. The intention of the proposed Directive is to introduce a harmon

Ireland has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its failure to transpose the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The revised AVMSD provides EU-wide media content standards for all audiovisual media, both traditional TV broadcasts and on-demand se

The High Court has quashed a decision by the Minister for Justice and Equality to revoke the EU residency status of Georgian man on the basis that no oral hearing of the application took place. The Minister had determined that the applicant had engaged in a marriage of convenience for immigration pu

The European Commission has warned of possible retaliation after the UK government formally announced plans to make unilateral changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol through legislation. In a statement, the UK's foreign secretary Liz Truss said the EU's proposals after six months of negotiations h

Plans for a new EU directive on cybersecurity have moved forward with the reaching of political agreement between the European Parliament and EU member states.T The NIS 2 Directive, which follows the landmark NIS Directive introduced in 2016, will respond to "the increasing degree of digitalisation

Ireland will opt-in to the centralised European depository for evidence collected of international war crimes in Ukraine, the government has announced. Motions will be brought before the Dáil and Seanad by justice minister Helen McEntee this week to seek Oireachtas backing for Ireland's invol