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Julio Acinas Villanueva

Mónica Moreno — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:40:42 +0000

Administrative Law Pérez-Llorca’s Administrative and Regulatory Law team is formed of renowned lawyers, including former State Advocates with extensive experience dealing with all matters related to public administration, who offer our clients solutions tailored to every concern. administrative-law European Union Law Pérez-Llorca’s European Union Law team is composed of lawyers with in-depth knowledge of the institutions and law of the European Union, both substantive and constitutional, as a result of the experience acquired in recent years through their participation in various proceedings before the institutions and bodies of the European Union, particularly before the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Highlights of our work include involvement in banking proceedings, the energy and the electricity market, the internal market, transport, pharmaceuticals, consumer protection, public procurement, foreign subsidies and State aid. european-union-law Brussels brussels Counsel counsel

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The Court of Justice of the European Union sets out the criteria for allocating international jurisdiction in claims for damages against groups of companies arising from breaches of competition law

Mónica Moreno — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:02:45 +0000

On 16 April 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) delivered its judgment in joined cases C-672/23 and C-673/23 (the “Judgment”), in which it ruled on several questions referred for a preliminary ruling by the Gerechtshof Amsterdam (Amsterdam Court of Appeal) concerning the interpretation of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 (“Regulation No. 1215/2012”).

You can read the full Legal Briefing here.

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The Court of Justice of the European Union clarifies the requirements for accessing evidence prior to bringing an action for damages arising from a breach of competition law

andrea.araujo — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:08:19 +0000

1. Background

On 29 January 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered its judgment (the “Judgment”) in Case C-286/24 (Meliá Hotels International), which ruled on three preliminary questions referred by the Supreme Court of Portugal concerning the interpretation of Directive 2014/104/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union (the “Directive”).

The request for a preliminary ruling was made in the context of proceedings that arose from European Commission (the “Commission”) Decision C(2020) 893 final, adopted in Case AT.40528-Meliá (Holiday Pricing) (the “Decision”).

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Omnibus I Legislative Package – The CSRD and CSDDD

Teresa Metello — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:13:37 +0000

On 26 February 2026, the final text of the Omnibus I legislative package was published,1 amending both the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”).

The package marks the culmination of a cycle of reforms launched in 2024 and follows the interim “Stop-the-Clock” and “Quick Fix” measures adopted in 2025. It forms part of the European Commission’s broader effort to recalibrate the EU sustainability framework in light of growing concerns regarding regulatory complexity, competitiveness, and proportionality.

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The CJEU establishes limits on the recognition of CAS awards: mandatory judicial review to ensure compatibility with European public policy

andrea.araujo — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:26:42 +0000

Consequently, CAS awards will not automatically have res judicata effects or probative value in the territory of Member States but will be subject to prior effective judicial review of their compatibility with EU public policy. This judgment introduces additional safeguards to sports arbitration, further developing the doctrine established in the International Skating Union case, C-124/21 P (ECLI:EU:C:2023:1012).

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The European Union adopts the 18th package of restrictive measures against Russia

andrea.araujo — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:49:34 +0000

The new package deepens the sanctions regime by introducing new measures which affect key sectors of the Russian economy, such as energy, maritime transport, the financial sector and the defence industry, and incorporating new individual sanctions. The new regulations and decisions entered into force on 20 July 2025.

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Highlights of the Sustainability Omnibus Package

Pérez-Llorca — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:48:27 +0000

On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the first of a series of packages of legislative proposals known as “Omnibus I”. This package includes two proposals which seek to recalibrate the EU’s corporate sustainability obligations: (i) COM(2025) 80 final and (ii) COM(2025) 81 final. The most significant of these proposals, COM(2025) 81 final, seeks to amend three core instruments of the EU’s sustainability framework:

the “Audit Directive” (Directive 2006/43/EC);
the “Accounting Directive” (Directive 2013/34/EU), as amended by the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2464 or the “CSRD”); and
iii) the “Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive” (Directive (EU) 2024/1760 or the “CSDDD”).

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The European Union approves the 16th package of restrictive measures against Russia

Pérez-Llorca — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:45 +0000

On 24 February, the Council of the European Union adopted the 16th package of economic and individual restrictive measures against Russia (the “16th Package”). The new measures, in addition to increasing controls to prevent the circumvention of sanctions that have already been imposed, focus on key sectors of the Russian economy such as energy, trade, transport and financial services. The new package of measures also seeks to further restrict the activity of the so-called “Russian shadow fleet” and vessels that contribute to Russia’s energy revenues.

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The CJEU finds that operators from third States are not entitled to equal treatment in EU public procurement procedures in the absence of an international agreement guaranteeing reciprocity between the EU and that third State

Pérez-Llorca — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 08:47:36 +0000

In its Grand Chamber judgment of 22 October 2024, delivered in Case C-652/22, the CJEU has declared the question referred for a preliminary ruling inadmissible and has held that operators from third States are not entitled to claim equal treatment in EU public procurement procedures in the absence of an international agreement between the EU and that third State which guarantees reciprocity.

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Relevant amendments regarding references for a preliminary ruling, appeal proceedings and other procedural matters before the Court of Justice and before the General Court of the European Union

Pérez-Llorca — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:41:21 +0000

On 1 September 2024, the latest reform of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in relation to proceedings before the Court of Justice (“CJ”) and the General Court (“GC”) entered into force, which mainly concerns the preliminary ruling procedure, but also includes significant amendments to the admissibility of appeals and some minor general amendments, with the aim of increasing transparency and introducing certain adaptations in relation to the use of videoconferencing, the broadcasting of oral hearings and anonymity

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