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In this issue: Commercial Competition Corporate Data protection and cybersecurity Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Commercial Commission consults on evaluation of market surveillance regulation The European Commission has launched a consultation to assess and, if needed, update the Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. It aims to strengthen the operation of the single market by boosting compliance with EU product harmonisation rules, with any amendments scheduled for Commission adoption in Q3 2026. The consultation closes on 4 February 2026. See: LNB News 12/11/2025 22. Commission consults on New Legislative Framework revision The Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW H4) has opened a consultation to underpin the revamp of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) governing product law, seeking to capture stakeholder views on...

This Practice Note sets out the essentials of Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): its background, timeline, aims, and how it aligns with other EU laws. For details on the CRA’s scope or core duties for economic operators, see the following Practice Notes: The EU Cyber Resilience Act—scope and classification of products The EU Cyber Resilience Act—obligations, compliance and enforcement Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, known as the CRA, is the first EU measure to set mandatory cybersecurity requirements for ‘products with digital elements’ across the EU. From December 2027, products that do not satisfy these requirements cannot be placed on the EU market. Accordingly, compliance will be crucial for market entry for both hardware and software. Manufacturers, importers and distributors will have extensive cybersecurity responsibilities and risk significant fines for non-compliance. The CRA was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 20 November 2024, entered into force on 10 December 2024, and applies in full from 11...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not being maintained. At 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition/implementation period that followed the UK’s exit from the EU ended. At that point in time—referred to in UK law as ‘IP completion day’—key transitional arrangements drew to a close and significant changes started to take effect across the UK’s legal regime. What are the New Approach directives? The New Approach emerged in the mid‑1980s. A 1985 Council resolution set out core principles for the New Approach to simplify product approvals and to enable free movement of goods within the single EU market. Earlier directives were packed with technical detail, which frequently became an obstacle to trade, as the Commission could not complete such technical instruments as quickly as Member States were adopting their own standards and regulations. Accordingly, New Approach directives exclude most technical specifications and instead concentrate on the essential requirements that must be met...