News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 24 (10.06.2024-16.06.2024)
Protections for minors: In a statement, the EU Commission has requested several pornography platforms to provide information on their measures to protect minors and prevent illegal content. With more than 45 million users across Europe, these platforms fall into the category of very large platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and are therefore obligated to take extended transparency measures. The measures include the introduction of so-called risk mitigation measures and granting researchers access to their data. (Euractiv)
Competition law: A recently announced partnership between Apple and OpenAI could lead to antitrust investigations. The partnership aims to integrate ChatGPT and other AI-based services into new iPhone operating systems. Experts see risks here for data protection and competition between providers of AI software. (Euractiv)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
- EU-US Trade and Technology Council: The end of the legislative cycle could mark a turning point
- Rules on political groups in the European Parliament
- Sources and scope of European Union law
- Cyberbullying among young people: Laws and policies in selected Member States
- European Media Freedom Act
- High common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union
- Critical raw materials act
- Updating the European digital identity framework
- Innovation policy
- Newly proposed rules to strengthen GDPR enforcement in cross-border cases
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Health technology assessment – procedural rules for assessing and managing conflicts of interest (until 26.06.2024)
- How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs? (until 30.06.2024)
- Trade in e-waste (1) – amendments to the Basel Convention annexes (until 03.07.2024)
- Trade in e-waste (2) – amendments to the Basel Convention annexes (until 03.07.2024)
- Energy labelling requirements for computers (until 18.07.2024)
- Ecodesign requirements for computers – review (until 18.07.2024)
Selections of the CW 25 / 17.06.-23.06.2024
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 30.06.2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
Preparatory Bodies:
- Briefing Transport, Telecommunications And Energy Council, 06.2024
- Working Party on Hybrid Threats, 06.2024
- Working Party on e-Justice, 06.2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 06.2024
- Working Party on Intellectual Property, 06.2024
- Press Conference Transport, Telecommunications And Energy Council, 06.2024
- COREPER I, 06.2024
- COREPER II, 06.2024
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 06.2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 06.2024
- JHA Information Exchange, 06.2024
- Audiovisual Working Party, 06.2024
- Working Party on Consumer Protection and Information, 06.2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 06.2024
- COREPER II, 06.2024
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 06.2024
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda of the current Commission meeting was not available at our time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings
The next plenary session will take place on 16 July 2024 in Strasbourg. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2024 is available here (PDF).
Committees
Following on from the EU elections, the next committee meetings will take place in July 2024.
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the ECJ here.
