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Antitrust Estonia fined for failure to implement ECN+ Directive The Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-577/23, Commission v Estonia, a proceeding triggered by Estonia’s omission to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/1 (the ECN+ Directive)—legislation designed to empower national competition authorities (NCAs) to enforce EU competition rules more effectively. The Court concluded that Estonia had breached its obligations under Article 34 of the directive and Article 258 TFEU. Consequently, it ordered Estonia to pay the Commission a lump sum of €400,000, together with a daily penalty of €3,000, due to its failure to implement the ECN+ Directive within the required period. Background Adopted in December 2018, the ECN+ Directive seeks to ensure that NCAs are provided with sufficient independence, resources, and enforcement powers to give full effect to Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. Member States were obliged to transpose the directive into national law by 4 February 2021 and to communicate their transposition measures to the Commission. On 18 March 2021, the Commission sent Estonia a...

The EU’s executive reported that Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden had not ensured access to data on the beneficial ownership of trusts and other entities by the July 2025 cut-off. According to the European Commission, as of now 11 Member States have yet to confirm their full transposition by this initial legal deadline. It added that phasing in the sixth AML directive is crucial to avoiding weaknesses in their financial systems and...

Full statement below: Commission calls on 19 Member States to fully transpose the NIS2 Directive. Today, the European Commission resolved to issue a reasoned opinion to 19 Member States (Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden) for not notifying full transposition of the NIS2 Directive...

This Practice Note sets out the principal amendments to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) regime introduced by Directive 2014/52/EU in 2014. For the complete, amended framework, see Practice Note: EU Environmental Impact Assessment Directive—snapshot. Evolution of the EIA regime At EU level, environmental impact assessment was first regulated by Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985, which came into force on 3 July 1985, with a transposition deadline of 3 July 1988. From 1997 to 2009, the 1985 Directive underwent a series of major amendments. Following a 2009 review of the regime’s effectiveness, those changes were codified and consolidated for clarity and coherence in Directive 2011/92/EU (the EU EIA Directive). Directive 2014/52/EU (the 2014 Amending Directive) took effect on 15 May 2014 and made significant revisions to the EU EIA Directive. It sought to: enhance environmental protection streamline the rules for assessing the potential effects of proposed developments on the environment cut the administrative burden Member States had until 16...

RED II—overview The recast Renewable Energy Directive (Directive (EU) 2018/2001, RED II) took effect on 24 December 2018, with a deadline for transposition of 30 June 2021. Its main objective is to set a common framework to advance the use of energy from renewable sources. Directive (EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023, concerning the promotion of renewable energy and amending RED II, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (the Governance Regulation) and Directive 98/70/EC, appeared in the Official Journal on 31 October 2023 and came into force on 20 November 2023. The transposition deadline is 21 May 2025, save for the following items which had to be enacted in national law by 1 July 2024: the new Article 15(e) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (covering the designation of dedicated infrastructure areas), and the new Articles 16, 16b, 16c, 16d, 16e and 16f of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (covering permitting procedures and requirements) The revising Directive (EU) 2023/2413 chiefly...

Key information EU Landfill Directive Official title: Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (the Landfill Directive) Entry into force: 16 July 1999 Transposition deadline: 16 July 2001 National implementation: See Eur-Lex information on national transposition measures as provided by Member States Key amendments: Directive 2011/97/EU (5 December 2011) modifying the Landfill Directive on specific criteria for storing metallic mercury deemed waste. In force from 13 December 2011; Member States’ transposition deadline: 15 March 2013. Directive (EU) 2018/850 (30 May 2018) amending the Landfill Directive. In force from 4 July 2018; Member States’ transposition deadline: 5 July 2020. Directive (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council (24 April 2024) amending Directive 2010/75/EU and Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste. In force 4 August 2024; Member States’ transposition deadline: 1 July 2026. Subject: Waste, landfill Objectives and purpose ...