Legal Affairs

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements (Omnibus I)

Copyright in the digital single market

Protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law

Protection of the environment through criminal law

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions

Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies

Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability

Collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market

Standard essential patents

Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood

Statutory audit of public-interest entities: specific requirements

Representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers

Civil law rules on robotics

Implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society

Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products

Common European Sales Law

Preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures

Legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies

Copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes

Cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market

Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings

Corporate governance: disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups

Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online

Strengthening Democracy and Media Freedom and Pluralism in the EU: the undue use of actions under civil and criminal law to silence journalists, NGOs and civil society

Civil liability regime for artificial intelligence

Protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure

Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products

A statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations

Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook

Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law

Corporate governance: long-term shareholder engagement

Liability of companies for environmental damage

Company law: annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings

Orphan works: permitted uses

Mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme

An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience

Artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice

Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges

The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies

Compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations

Staff Regulations of European Union officials: amendment of the Regulations

Sustainable corporate governance

Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making

Responsible private funding of litigation

Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws

Intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies

Mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers: implementing acts at appeal committee level

Monitoring the application of EU law 2016

Cross-border aspects of adoptions

Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises

Towards a coherent European approach to collective redress

Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation

Monitoring the application of Union law. 2014 annual report

Corporate governance framework for European companies

Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth

Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025

Public limited liability companies: coordination of safeguards in respect of their formation and the maintenance and alteration of their capital. Recast

Possible extension of geographical indication protection of the European Union to non-agricultural products