Digital platforms – The gatekeepers under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act
18/01/2021
In December last year the European Commission published its much anticipated draft Digital Markets Act.
In December last year the European Commission published its much anticipated draft Digital Markets Act.
The United Kingdom (“UK”) left the European Union (“EU”) on 31 January 2020 and Brexit’s transition period will end on 31 December 2020. Here is what will change for EU trademarks (“EUTM”) starting on 1 January 2021
In view of the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU on 1 February 2020 and the forthcoming end of the transitional period on 31 December 2020, the CSSF stated its expectations and rendered some clarifications through a press release published on 7 December 2020.
Recently, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled on case C-623/171 and the joined cases C-511/18, C-512/182 and C-520/183 (the “Joined Cases”) on the lawfulness of national security laws of the United Kingdom, France and Belgium,
In the context of a prospective acquisition of shares in a company in the telecommunications sector, and with the intention of rendering taxable management services to the target once acquired, Sonaecom purchased consultancy services consisting of a market study, for which it deducted all input VAT.
EIOPA published a paper on its approach to product oversight and governance requirements for insurance distributors and manufacturers
The Court of Justice of the EU recently clarified the criteria to take into account when assessing the distinctive character of a position mark applied for in respect of services, in this case passenger transport services (CJEU Östgötatrafiken judgment, Case C-456/19).
Many UK firms currently carry on cross-border services in Luxembourg in reliance on an EU financial services passport (e.g. under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFM Directive") or the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ("MIFID")).
On 15 July 2020, the EU Commission published a directive proposal (the “DAC7 Proposal”), amending, for the 6th time, Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation (the “DAC”) in the field of taxation.
In light of the ongoing Brexit discussions, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to re-open the temporary permissions regime (TPR) as from 30 September 2020.