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In this issue: EU fundamentals Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Free movement, immigration and employment Financial services Energy Environment Life sciences Regulatory TMT Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers EU fundamentals European Commission releases October 2025 infringement package The European Commission has unveiled its October 2025 infringement package, identifying the EU Member States facing proceedings for breaches of obligations arising under EU law. The dossier covers letters of formal notice, reasoned opinions, and referrals to the Court of Justice addressed to Belgium, Malta, Estonia, Austria, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands and a number of additional countries. Actions relate to multiple instruments and rules, notably Directive 1999/31/EC (Landfill Directive), Directive (EU) 2020/2184 (Drinking Water Directive), and Directive 2011/92/EU (Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive), among related matters. See: LNB News 08/10/2025 39. ...

In this issue: Trade marks/passing off Patents LexTalk®IP: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information Trade marks/passing off McDonald’s loses EU Big Mac trade mark in respect of poultry products Following a judgment of the General Court, McDonald’s has lost its EU trade mark Big Mac for poultry products. The court found McDonald’s had not shown genuine use of the contested mark over a continuous five-year period for the goods ‘chicken sandwiches’, the goods ‘foods prepared from poultry products’ and the services ‘rendered or associated with operating restaurants and other establishments or facilities engaged in providing food and drink prepared for consumption and for drive-through facilities; preparation of carry-out foods’. The material provided gave no real indication of the extent of use of the mark for those goods and services, particularly with respect to sales volume, the duration of use,...

In this issue: Commercial Competition and state aid Data protection and cybersecurity Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences TMT International trade Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers and horizon scanners Commercial European Parliament IMCO invites Temu to discuss unsafe and illegal product sales The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) has asked a Temu delegate to join a discussion on 16 April 2026, reflecting intensified scrutiny of leading online marketplaces over the presence of unsafe or illegal goods in the EU. This follows earlier appearances by Shein and AliExpress before IMCO. The committee is also reviewing how the European Commission applies and enforces rules on product safety, consumer protection and digital platforms across the single market. Members have urged more robust action to prevent illegal and unsafe products reaching the EU, including those offered via large online platforms, alongside better co-operation among...

This Practice Note This Practice Note supports commercial practitioners advising merchants or their subcontractors. It outlines the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), traces the origins of PCI DSS and the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), sets out who is in scope, and distils its principles and requirements. It reviews compliance obligations and enforcement, including card scheme penalties, and how these align with UK privacy and data security laws and standards. Topics addressed include PIN Transaction Security (PTS), the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), tokenisation, and considerations for shared-hosting providers. It also highlights key contractual protections that merchants should obtain from service providers. The Note excludes sector-specific laws, practices, or PCI DSS duties relevant to financial institutions, merchant acquirers, payment processors, payment networks, and banks, as these are for specialists. For detailed sector guidance on payment services, see: Payment services and e-money—overview Payment systems—overview As Discover Financial Services and JCB International lack a material UK presence,...

What is ‘carbon management’ and why is it necessary? Under Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of 30 June 2021 (the EU Climate Regulation), the EU is legally bound to cut carbon emissions by 55% versus 1990 levels by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Meeting these milestones demands substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. At EU level, the principal driver is the Fit for 55 legislative package, brought forward under the 2019 European Green Deal. In parallel with EU and Member State measures to abate emissions, the EU acknowledges the contribution of carbon management to delivering its climate objectives. This Practice Note surveys EU initiatives on carbon management, concentrating on the principal legislative incentives and enabling frameworks intended to accelerate deployment of industrial carbon capture for use and storage, as well as industrial carbon removals. Carbon management encompasses a suite of interconnected technologies, set out in the table below...