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Latest documents
- Regulatory monitoring: EU Version - May 2025
The study on enhancing EU competitiveness in the banking sector, requested by the ECON, has been published by the Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit. The study emphasises the importance of a resilient and efficient banking sector for EU competitiveness. Building on its analysis, the study recommends that, to achieve this, the EU should first prioritise the defragmentation of the banking market, and then, simplify and streamline the prudential framework for banks without compromising resilience.
- EU Geopolitical Risk Update - Key Policy & Regulatory Developments No. 121
This regular alert covers key policy and regulatory developments related to EU geopolitical risks, including in particular, economic security, Russia’s war against Ukraine, health threats, and cyber threats. It does not purport to provide an exhaustive overview of developments.
- ROPES & GRAY CSRD TRANSPOSITION TRACKER
Reporting obligations under the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive are created under EU member state national legislation adopted pursuant to the CSRD. We have again updated our tracker to reflect the transposition status of the CSRD. New to this update, the tracker also discusses action relating to the Omnibus Proposal in many EU member states.
- Solvency II: Assessing the implications of the EU’s Amending Directive for the insurance sector
In January 2025, an amending directive (Directive (EU) 2025/2, “Amending Directive”) was passed that will result in some important changes to the Solvency II Directive (Directive (EU) 2009/13/EU) taking effect across EU member states on January 30, 2027. The Amending Directive contains far reaching changes on topics as varied as long-term equity investments, valuation of insurance liabilities, proportionality, and reporting, which reflects insurers’ valuable role in responding to the challenges of our times: green transition and Covid recovery. However, the Amending Directive also contains significant changes to rules on group supervision, and, in that regard and others, reflects supervisory lessons learned since the implementation of Solvency II in 2016.
- Amendments in UPC proceedings: current developments and practical guidelines
Recent decisions from various UPC divisions provide valuable guidance for parties seeking to amend their cases or patents. The decisions emphasize that it is crucial for parties to know how to distinguish between the rules for amending patents and patent actions, as each has its own requirements and scope. This will enable them to file proper applications and to make strategic decisions to defend their patent rights as effectively as possible. Legal framework - Amendments to the case: Under R. 263.1 of the Rules of Procedure (RoP), a party may, at any point during the proceedings, request the Court’s permission to alter its claim or amend its case, which may include the addition of a counterclaim. The rule is primarily concerned with ensuring that late or unclear amendments to a case do not unduly hinder the other party in its defense.
- EU energy transition: Europe's critical materials value chain boosted by strategic projects announcement
A recent announcement by the European Commission of 47 Strategic Projects is set to boost the bloc’s domestic supply of raw materials, strengthening its battery and defense value chains and presenting substantial potential investment opportunities. Focused on improving the extraction, processing, recycling, and substitution of raw materials, this first batch of projects under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) will receive "priority status" to expedite permitting and development. The global race for critical materials, especially "battery metals" like lithium and nickel, and rare earth elements, is reshaping geopolitics and intensifying international tensions. For the EU, securing a stable supply of these materials is crucial for its green and digital transitions and for supporting a strategically important European defense industry. The CRMA, enacted in April 2024, aims to ensure a secure, resilient, and sustainable supply of critical materials by fostering efficiency and circularity throughout their value chain. How successful the EU is in competing for investment to deliver these projects remains to be seen, with other nations similarly seeking to secure domestic supply.
- EU Listing Act - Regulatory Divergence Between EU and UK MAR
Until recently, the UK and EU post-Brexit market abuse regimes remained substantially aligned. However, the passing of the EU Listing Act reforms in 2024 has meant that UK and EU MAR have started to diverge meaningfully for the first time and we must now start to consider them as separate regimes. Although most of the changes to EU MAR took effect in late 2024, arguably the most impactful amendment (to when issuers need to announce inside information in certain circumstances) will not take effect until mid-2026.
- Practical Takeaways from the Recently Published EU Foreign Subsidies Decision in Case FS.100011 - e&/PPF
The European Commission has released the full, non-confidential text of its decision in Case FS.100011 – e&/PPF, marking a watershed moment under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). This is the first case to be cleared with commitments, setting a precedent for how foreign subsidies will be scrutinized moving forward, particularly in transactions involving state-owned enterprises, sovereign wealth funds, and non-EU governmental entities.
- Regulatory monitoring - April 2025
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) Germany - Bundesbank: Updated directories of credit institutions and their associations in Germany on banking related information (Aktualisiertes Verzeichnis der Kreditinstitute und ihrer Verbände in der BRD über bankgeschäftliche Informationen) Status: Final - The German Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank – BuBa) has published an updated directory of credit institutions and their associations in Germany on banking related information for 2025. The document lists all credit institutions that conducted banking transactions in accordance with Section 1 of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz – KWG) in the specified year, as well as two institutions mentioned under Section 2 KWG (BuBa, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau – KfW). Date of publication: 01/01/2025 - (ii) International - FSB: Letter to G20 Finance Ministers - Status: Final-
- EU Omnibus: The EU Taxonomy – Why?
In 2018, the European Commission set forth a classification system to determine whether businesses are environmentally sustainable. The EU Taxonomy followed the legalistic style of the French Civil Code and flummoxed non-European sponsors tasked with providing detailed evaluations of European environmental law and international human rights principles for portfolio investments.
Featured documents
- ESMA Publishes Responses to CESR's Call for Evidence on AIFMD Implementing Measures
On January 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published the responses to the Committee of Securities and Regulators’ (CESR) December 2010 call for evidence on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) implementing measures. (ESMA replaced CESR on January 1,...
- European IP Bulletin - Issue 80, May 2011
PATENTS: Pilot Drilling Control Ltd v Smith International Inc: UKIPO Refuses Request for Confidentiality In Pilot Drilling Control Ltd v Smith International Inc BL O/046/11, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has refused a request for confidentiality in respect of proceedings...
- ESMA Releases Consultation Paper on High Frequency Trading
The consultation paper (entitled Consultation on the Guidelines on systems and controls in a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities) sets out ESMA’s proposals for detailed guidelines for trading platforms, investment firms and...
- European IP Bulletin - Issue 83, August/September 2011
In This Issue: Article 29 Working Party Opinion On The Definition of Consent: An Unambiguous View of The Future; Ranbaxy v AstraZeneca: Skilled Persons; The Money Saving Expert Protects Distinctive Trade Marks; Fashion Designer Allowed to Prevent Use of Name Despite Selling All Rights;...
- MiFID II — How It Affects Proprietary Traders and Algorithmic Traders
The European Commission’s final draft proposals for the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) along with a related regulation (MiFIR) were published 20 October 2011. The objective of the original MiFID, which was passed in 2004 and came into force in 2007, was to improve...
- The Disclosure of Leniency Documents: Confidential Documents Still Protected
On 15 December 2011, the EU General Court ruled that the European Commission should have disclosed the index from a cartel investigation to Cartel Damages Claims (CDC), a company bringing a collective damages action against the cartel defendants. The decision, which is likely to be lauded by...
- REGULATORY: Natural resources and keeping your head above water in the EU
Regulatory and competition issues are at the top of the business agenda for natural resources, energy, and multi-utility companies active in the EU. Despite regulatory convergence in some areas (e.g., unbundling and cost of capital), there remain a variety of sector-specific issues. ...
- Financial Services Europe and International Update - March 2012, Issue 4
Regulatory Developments This update summarises current regulatory developments in the European Union and the UK focusing on the investment funds and asset management sectors, during the past three weeks. EU Regulatory Developments p1 EMIR Update p2 Proposed Regulation on Central ...
- EU expands sanctions against Syria - prohibits supply of more products which could be used for internal repression and bans sale, supply, transfer or export of luxury goods to Syria
On 23 April 2012, the Council of the European Union (EU) agreed to impose additional restrictive measures against Syria in Council Decision 2012/206/CFSP. This new set of sanctions amends Decision 2011/782/CFSP and follows numerous other sanctions. The new restrictions, applicable as of 23...
- European Parliament Adopts Legislative Resolution on Financial Transaction Tax
On 23 May 2012, the European Parliament approved an amended version of the European Commission’s proposal of 23 September 2011 for a Council Directive on a common system of financial transaction tax (FTT). The Resolution states that such a FTT should go ahead even if only some member states would...