Das Verfahren zur Setzung von neuen Nachhaltigkeitsstandards ist de facto eine Privatisierung von EU-Hoheitsgewalt, die nicht von den EU-Verträgen gedeckt ist. Das ist das Ergebnis dieses Gutachtens von Martin Nettesheim, Professor für Europarecht an der Universität Tübingen. Er verweist...

On February 23, 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for the Data Act. This regulation is intended to regulate access to and use of data in the European Union in the future. It includes requirements for data transfer to users of products and services that produce data, to...

Helping the economy through state intervention is in principle forbidden in the European Union. Article 107(1) TFEU, contains a general prohibition of state aid, defined as aid granted by MS (MS) through state resources, which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain...

The aim of this opinion is to provide an analysis of the current status and nature of harmonised standards within the EU legal system in light of the legislative and judicial developments in the last years. Firstly, it examines the nature of the process of European standardisation and of...