Enhancing Green Bond Regulation in the EU: Strengthening Oversight, Market Growth, and Climate Justice

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. A fragmented path to regulation: the evolution of the EU green bond regulatory framework. – 3. Barriers to adoption: why the EUGB Regulation may struggle to gain traction. – 4. Addressing the barriers: regulatory and policy solutions to enhance the EUGB Regulation. – 5. Bridging the gaps in the...

A Landmark Judgment in the Refusal to Deal Doctrine: Android Auto (Case C‑233/23) and Bronner’s Future in Digital Platform Markets

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The Bronner criteria and their relevance in digital platform markets. – 3. Factual background to the dispute. – 4. The decision of the ICA. – 4.1. Market definition. – 4.2. The ICA’s assessment. – 5. Google’s Appeal to the Administrative Court. – 6. Google’s appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court...

Reading the International Fruit Company Saga More than 50 Years Later: At the Intersection of the ‘Common’ Market, Agricultural Policy and Commercial Policy

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The legal and historical context of the International Fruit Company saga at the Community and international level. – 3. The International Fruit Company saga. – 3.1. The procedural history of the cases. – 3.2. The broad interpretation of the notion of measures having...

What Food Sovereignty? Assessing the New French Food Sovereignty Law Against the Common Agricultural Policy’s Objectives

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. What is food sovereignty? Origins and evolution. – 3. The CAP’s compatibility with Food Sovereignty principles. – 4. Food sovereignty in the French law. – 5. Discussion. – 5.1. The evolving semantics of ‘food sovereignty’. – 5.2. The exercise of national policy space under EU law. – 5.3. Between alignment and...

Decent Work in the Gig Economy: An Appraisal of the EU and ILO Regulation of Digital Labour Platforms

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: operation and scope of digital labour platforms. – 2. The risks for decent work in the gig economy. – 2.1. Fundamental principles and rights at work. – 2.2. Employment creation. – 2.3. Social protection and social dialogue. – 3. The EU Platform Work Directive. – 3.1. Legal qualification of people working via...

The Role of the European Union in Protecting Democracy through Legislation: The Case of Disinformation

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The challenges posed by disinformation: a threat to EU values. – 3. The EU’s legislative response to disinformation. – 3.1. Enhancing platforms’ responsibility: the Digital Services Act. – 3.2. Regulating political advertising and restricting microtargeting: the Political Advertising Regulation. – 3.3....

Unpacking Barało: Suspect Vulnerability, Procedural Rights, and the Challenge of Effective Remedies

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Case facts and questions raised. – 3. The Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta and the Court’s decision. – 4. Barało and suspect vulnerability: another missed opportunity. – 4.1. Understanding vulnerability: a multifaceted concept deserving adequate legal protection. – 4.2. The ‘Suspect...

A Brief Overview of the Principle of Energy Solidarity in EU law and Its Interplay with Divergent National Strategies of Member States

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Table of contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. The meaning of the principle of energy solidarity and its emergence as a legally binding principle. – 2.1. Definition of the principle of energy solidarity. – 2.2. The Opal Case: The emergence of energy solidarity as a fundamental legal principle. – 3. The principle of energy solidarity in interplay with...

Unorthodox Competences and the Functional Architecture of EU Social Law

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Table of Contents: 1. The EU orthodox and unorthodox social competences: an introduction. – 2. The social dimension of EU internal market powers: temporal, substantive and strategic considerations. – 2.1. Structural transitions and working conditions: insights from Directive 2001/23 and Directive 98/59. – 3....

Epilogue: The Ever-Evolving Preliminary Legislative Procedure

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. – 2. Preliminary ruling instead of direct review: interpretation with(out) (limited) facts. – 3. Anonymity before the law: direct or indirect (factual) identifiers removed. – 4. Access to written submissions: default generalised anonymous transparency. – 5. Connecting the dots: towards requests for additional...

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