Tag: 64 – LATEST NEWS & INSIGHTS 23 June 2023
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FIRST STEP TOWARD EU REGULATION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVED THE AI ACT
After an initial positive opinion from the Internal Market Committee and the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament on the AI Act, the favourable vote of the EU Parliament also came on June 14, 2023. Negotiations will now be started with the EU member states on the final aspect of the Regulation, with the…
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THE EU INCREASES ITS “CLIMATE AMBITION”: THE NEW CBAM REGULATION
“Climate change is a global problem that needs global solutions”(European Commission). Among the actions taken at EU level, the most important intervention is represented by Regulation (EU) No. 2023/956, published on 16th May 2023 in the EU Official Journal, which established the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). On 10th May 2023, the EU Member States…
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MANDATORY JOINDER IN THE APPEAL JUDGMENT: THE OMITTED NOTIFICATION OF THE APPEAL, ITS EFFECTS AND RELATED NECESSARY REMEDIES
It has been a while since the Supreme Court has established that the appeal judgment must indeed is a case of mandatory joinder, which means that all the parties who participated to the judgement of first instance must take part in the appeal judgment whenever there is a concrete risk of conflicting rulings. When the…
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LIABILITY OF ENTITIES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 231/01: NEW CASE LAW ABOUT THE ORGANISATIONAL FAULT OF THE ENTITY AND CULPA IN VIGILANDO
The Criminal Court of Milan, in the judgement no. 3314/2023, held Johnson & Johnson Medical S.p.a. liable for the inadequacy and ineffective implementation of the organisational model, convicting the company under articles 5(1)(b), 7 and 25(2) of Legislative Decree 231/2001. The case in question provided an opportunity for the Judges to clarify the criteria to…
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THE WINDSOR FRAMEWORK AND THE NEW HYBRID CUSTOMS REGIME BETWEEN THE TWO IRELANDS
The ‘Northern Ireland Protocol’ signed by the United Kingdom and the European Union on 1 January 2021 has been much criticised over the years by the people of Northern Ireland for being excessively burdensome. On 27 February 2023, an agreement was reached to amend the Protocol. Once entered into force, such agreement will lead to…