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EU regulation definition

What does EU regulation mean? In legal practice, an EU regulation sets uniform rules that apply automatically and immediately across the EU, without the need for national implementing legislation. Defined in Article 288 TFEU, a regulation is of general application, binding in its entirety and capable of direct effect; in EU Member States (including Ireland) it has primacy over conflicting national law. In the UK, EU regulations applied directly until IP completion day (31 December 2020) under the European Communities Act 1972. Regulations operative at that point largely became retained EU law, now termed assimilated law from 1 January 2024 under the Retained EU Law (Revocation...

One-minute guides to financial services regulation: practitioner index covering EU/EU‑derived and non‑EU topics

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Practice notes

The Lexis+® UK Financial Services team’s One minute guides are a set of Practice Notes offering swift overviews of Financial Services regulatory subjects. Designed to bring readers up to speed fast, the One minute guides below provide concise summaries and address a range of Financial Services areas. For fuller direction on these, and other Financial Services matters, consult the Lexis+® UK Financial Services essentials Practice Notes, as Listed in Essentials Practice Notes—financial services. For a primer on the Lexis+® UK Financial Services content types, see Practice Note: Financial Services—getting started guide.

EU (and EU derived) FS regulation one minute guides

AIFMD—one minute guide—this bite-sized guide distils the principal obligations under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). Find this Practice Note, together with additional material on AIFMD, in Financial Services AIFM regime—overview
Appealing against a European Supervisory Authority decision—one minute guide [Archived]—this guide outlines the framework and steps available to any natural or legal person, including national competent authorities, to bring an appeal before the Board of Appeal against a decision of one of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).

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