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  21.02.2023

  Europe

  Sun­ri­se pe­ri­od of the Uni­fied Pa­tent Court to be­gin 1 March

  After the final version of the UPC Rules of Procedure had been adopted and the judges of the UPC had been selected and appointed, the start of the Sunrise Period, originally planned for 1 January 2023, was postponed to 1 March 2023.Reasons for the postponement of the start of the Sunrise PeriodAccording to an "Implementation Roadmap" published on 6 October 2022, the Sunrise Period was originally to start on 1 January 2023 and the UPCA was to enter into force on 1 April 2023. However, this timeline was changed again by a communication of 5 December 2022. According to the new timeline, the Sunrise...

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  15.02.2023

  England and Wales

  Hot con­su­mer law to­pics for 2023

  As we ease ourselves into 2023, there has been a recent flurry of activity at UK and EU level in relation to consumer protection law matters. Here is our round-up of the “hot” consumer law topics which consumer-facing businesses should keep an eye on over the coming year, and which are likely to lead to direct enforcement action:1 - Two-tiered EU regime for online platforms and online search engines kicks off this monthThe first deadline under the new EU Digital Services Act (DSA) hits this week, on 17 February. By that date, all providers of online platforms and online search engines...

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  13.09.2022

  Europe

  UPC Ru­les of Pro­ce­du­re go in­to force with judgments to be ma­de pu­blic

  The entry into force of the Rules of Procedure is part of the final preparations for the United Patent Court (UPC), which is currently expected to start work in early 2023. After the bodies of the UPC were constituted in the course of the year, interviews were held with possible candidates for filling judges' posts and numerous other preparations were made. On 8 July 2022, the Administrative Committee of the UPC met and officially confirmed the locations of the Court of First Instance. The "table of fees", which determines the amount of court fees, was also adopted. Finally, the Administrative...

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  12.05.2022

  International

  Die 10 wich­tigs­ten The­men des neu­en EU-Ver­triebs­kar­tell­rechts (Ver­ti­kal-GVO/Ver­ti­kal-Leit­li­ni­en)

  GB

  Die Europäische Kommission hat die neue Vertikal-Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung (VGVO) und die sie ergänzenden, neuen Vertikal-Leitlinien (VLL) am 10. Mai 2022 veröffentlicht. Die neue VGVO wird am 1. Juni 2022 in Kraft treten und für die nächsten zwölf Jahre gelten. Die neuen VGVO/VLL sehen mehrere wesentliche Änderungen vor, die das EU-Kartellrecht im Bereich des Vertriebs modernisieren, für mehr Flexibilität sorgen und wichtige Fragen klären. Zugleich betonen die neuen VGVO/VLL, dass bestimmte Geschäftspraktiken verboten sind. Lieferanten...

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  11.05.2022

  Europe

  La dé­ci­si­on de la Com­mis­si­on ap­prou­vant l'ai­de au sau­ve­ta­ge en fa­veur de TAROM

  GB FR

  Le 4 mai 2022, le Tribunal de l’UE a confirmé la légalité de la décision de la Commission approuvant l’aide au sauvetage de 36,66 millions EUR de la Roumanie en faveur de la compagnie aérienne TAROM. Il a constaté que cette aide visait effectivement à éviter les difficultés sociales qu’une interruption des services de cette dernière risquerait d’entraîner pour la connectivité de régions roumaines. Dans son arrêt, le Tribunal apporte des précisions sur l’examen de...

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  28.03.2022

  Italien

  Ita­li­an court re­co­gni­s­es re­troac­tive ex­emp­ti­on on di­vi­dends to for­eign in­vest­ment funds

  In judgment No. 49/2022, the first instance Court of Pescara recognised that distribution of dividends from a resident company to a non-resident fund must be granted with an exemption regime from the Italian taxation authority. In particular, the decision of the Tax Court is based on recognition that in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, subject to judgment, the Italian taxation regime for foreign funds was in contrast with the principles of free movement of capital (provided for by articles 63 and 49 of the TFEU), chiefly because exemption was granted only for receiving resident funds. On 1 January...

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