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  21/05/2025

  United Kingdom

  Ofcom publishes statement of principles and methods to designate television selection services

  Introduction The Media Act 2024 (the “Act”) introduced a new online availability and prominence regime for public service broadcasters’ TV players distributed on connected TV platforms. Such platforms are also referred to as “television selection services” (“TSS”) within the Act and those TSS which are designated by the Secretary of State as subject to “must carry” obligations will be regulated TSS (“RTSS”). Under the Act, RTSS must ensure that public service broadcaster TV players designated by Ofcom and their public service...

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  21/05/2025

  Hungary

  Hungary moves closer to achieving final energy savings target

  On 12 June 2025, Hungary will take a notable step in meeting its energy savings target when the most recent legislative change to Act LVII of 2015 on Energy Efficiency (also known as the Energy Efficiency Act) comes into effect.The background to the enactment of the Energy Efficient Act are as follows: over the past six months, the Hungarian energy efficiency obligation scheme (in Hungarian: energiahatékonysági kötelezettségi rendszer) (EEOS) underwent significant changes. Under the EEOS, obligated parties (i.e. electricity, natural gas and fuel traders selling fuel to...

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  21/05/2025

  Belgium

  The Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court facing its limits: how far can the un­con­sti­tu­tion­al be maintained?

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  When the legislator crosses the red lineDespite repeated warnings, it is still the case that the legislator adopts tax laws that are contrary to the Constitution. Several years later, the Constitutional Court intervenes to correct the situation… by annulling the disputed provision.The problem: to avoid budgetary and administrative chaos, the Constitutional Court increasingly chooses to maintain the effects of the annulled law, sometimes even for taxes that have already been established. This legal sleight of hand leaves the door open for tax adjustments based on provisions that have nevertheless...

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  20/05/2025

  United Kingdom

  The other DMCC consumer law changes no-one is talking about

  Introduction On 6 April 2025, landmark new consumer protection provisions under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the “DMCC”) came into force, including those giving enhanced enforcement powers to the Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) and provisions which protect consumers from unfair trading practices, which (mostly) replace the previous Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (“CPUT”).As well as the headline grabbing changes (see here for our previous articles on the consumer law provisions of the DMCC...

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  13/05/2025

  Belgium

  Taxation of Capital Gains on Financial Assets: New Leak from the Arizona Government?

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  You might remember that the coalition agreement, known as the "Arizona agreement" which led to the formation of the new Belgian government, contained a comprehensive tax chapter, notably including the introduction of taxation of capital gains on financial assets.Already extensively discussed, commented on and detailed, we thought we knew the main points. However, a first draft of the text was widely leaked, first on social media (perhaps the trend of the moment...), before being picked up by the press.It must be noted that it brings its share of surprises, sometimes happy, more often less so.Below...

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  13/05/2025

  International

  EU moves forward with Toy Safety Regulation

  The EU’s proposal for a Toy Safety Regulation is moving closer to formal adoption. In April 2025, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal on a regulation that updates and strengthens safety requirements for toys sold in the EU market.The new regulation is expected to better protect children by banning harmful chemicals, introducing a Digital Product Passport, and increasing oversight of online toy sales.BackgroundIn July 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation on the safety of toys, which will replace Directive 2009/48/EC, the...

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