: The European Union Court annuls the Council's decisions on restrictive measures for peace in the Democratic Republic of The Congo due to lack of updated assessment and well-founded reasons for Mr. Kande and Mr. Boshab. The Council failed to provide an updated assessment of the applicants' situation and establish the validity of maintaining restrictive measures against them. The post Annulling EU Council Decisions on DRC: Cases T-89/23 and T-88/23 Explained appeared first on Banking and Finance law in Belgium
: The European Union Court annuls the Council's decisions on restrictive measures for peace in the Democratic Republic of The Congo due to lack of updated assessment and well-founded reasons for Mr. Kande and Mr. Boshab. The Council failed to provide an updated assessment of the applicants' situation and establish the validity of maintaining restrictive measures against them. The post Annulling EU Council Decisions on DRC: Cases T-89/23 and T-88/23 Explained appeared first on Banking and Financial law in Belgium
: Brussels, 06 May - During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted an opinion on the European Commission’s draft adequacy decision under the GDPR concerning the European Patent Organisation (EPO) . In addition, the Board adopted an opinion on the European Commission’s proposal to extend the validity of the UK adequacy decisions under the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED) . Finally, the EDPB agreed to grant the status of observer to the Personal Data Protection Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Adequate protection of personal data by the EPO At the European Commission’s request, the Board adopted an opinion on the Commission’s draft adequacy decision regarding the European Patent Organisation (EPO). Once formally adopted by the Commission, this will be the first adequacy decision concerning an international organisation and not a country or a region. An adequacy decision is a key-mechanism in EU data protection legislation which allows the European Commission to deter[...]