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The EU internal market for products is regulated by the NLF and its 30 harmonised legal acts. The European Commission is currently planning to revise the NLF. For this to be successful, the focus must be on simplification.
A company that provides an address for shipping goods & returns address for business contacts outside the EU is liable as a disturber for trademark infringement.
If there is only a purely hypothetical risk that personal data will be misused by unauthorized third parties, this does not lead to a claim for damages under the GDPR.
The so-called 28th regime is intended to facilitate the establishment of companies in other EU Member States under simplified conditions. The EU-Commission is now consulting with stakeholders on its legislative proposal.
An EGC ruling provides an interesting insight into the Commission’s novel methods of investigating listed companies and public antitrust infringements.
The VDMA welcomes the EU Commission's plan to strengthen the data economy. However, any measures must remain voluntary and must not lead to forced data exchange and further bureaucratic burdens.
Security and competitiveness will be two overarching priorities for the Danish Presidency, but it will also focus on the 28th regime and data.
As part of the latest trilogue negotiations, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the Regulation on compulsory Union licenses for crisis management.
The EU Commission is planning a comprehensive reform of key aspects of product law: digitalization of the New Legislative Framework, strengthening of market surveillance and accelerated standardization are intended to increase competitiveness and product safety.
The EU-Commission has announced that it will withdraw the proposal for a Directive on AI liability. VDMA is calling on the EU-Commission to take the necessary steps.
On 21 May 2025, the EU Commission presented a fourth omnibus package to reduce the annual administrative costs for companies. It also provides for simplifications in the implementation of data protection for certain companies.
The General Court of the European Union recently dealt with a case concerning the partial revocation of an EU figurative mark (General Court, judgment of 22.01.2025, Ref. T-517/23).
Good news from Brussels: the suspension of several reporting obligations gives companies the capacity to act in order to focus on important areas of transformation.
To admit or not to admit bidders from third countries? The contracting authority may decide.
The draft bill for the German national Data Act Implementation Act was published at the beginning of February. To effectively implement the Data Act the draft bill needs to be adopted rather sooner than later.
The VDMA has developed a guidance to provide non-binding orientation on the data sharing obligations under the EU Data Act.
On February 4, 2025, the EU Commission published guidelines to provide an overview of the AI systems that have been banned in the EU since this February.
The establishment of a European private company would make it easier for companies to set up companies in other EU Member States under simple conditions and thus benefiting from a harmonized set of rules.
Your opinion is needed: How do public procurement rules work in Europe?
The ECJ has denied protected access for economic operators from third countries that are not part of the GPA or a similar agreement.
Suppliers beware. According to the ECJ, a (quasi-)manufacturer is not only someone who produces a product, but also someone who sells it under the same name and logo as the manufacturer.
The postponement of the date of application of the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by one year to 30.12.2025 came into force on 22.12.2024. No other substantive changes were decided.
The results of the VDMA-survey clearly show that there are still a lot of legal uncertainties regarding the implementation of the Data Act.
The new EU Product Liability Directive was published in the EU Official Journal on 18.11.2024, enters into force on the twentieth day after its publication and must be transposed into national law by 09.12.2026.
The EU-Commission has given the go-ahead for a single EU-wide digital declaration portal for the posting of workers. VDMA expressly welcomes this first step towards reducing bureaucracy.
Representatives of VDMA met with Commission officials from DG GROW, CONNECT and JUST to discuss reducing bureaucracy for SMEs, late payments, the EU Data Act and liability.
The EU Data Act aims to put data traffic on a new footing, including between companies. This could shift the center of power in the economy. For industrial SMEs, this law is both an opportunity and a risk.
The Council of the EU defined in December 2022 its position on corporate sustainability due diligence. Although there are some positive elements, VDMA calls on the Council to revise its position.
A bombshell from Erfurt: according to the Federal Labor Court, employers are obliged to record their employees' working hours.
