Review of Recent European Union Legislative Acts
Trade and Economic Measures
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2107: Imposes a definitive countervailing duty on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products originating in Egypt, following an expiry review of existing protection measures.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2088: Imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty and mandates the collection of provisional duties on imports of certain alkyl phosphonic acids and their sodium salts from the People’s Republic of China.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2089: Updates existing anti-dumping duties on iron or steel fasteners from the People’s Republic of China to reflect a change in the status of a specific exporting producer.
Digital Health and Data Infrastructure
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2099: Establishes the technical framework for an interoperable, cross-border identification and authentication mechanism for natural persons, health professionals, and providers to facilitate the exchange of personal electronic health data.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2083: Sets the operational procedures for the “MyHealth@EU” digital infrastructure.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2098: Defines the mandatory metadata elements and characteristics that health data holders must provide to support the secondary use of electronic health data.
Public Health and Epidemiological Surveillance
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2096: Details the procedures for the operation of the EU’s network for epidemiological surveillance.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2097: Updates the list of communicable diseases and special health issues requiring EU-wide surveillance and establishes new standardized case definitions.
Agriculture and Veterinary Regulations
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2149: Amends authorized import lists for the United States, specifically concerning poultry, germinal products, and fresh meat from poultry and game birds.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2135: Updates disease control measures for African swine fever and terminates previous interim emergency measures specifically applicable to Italy.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2105: Officially registers the geographical indication “Nivegy-völgy / Nivegy-völgyi” (PDO) in the Union register.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2085: Extends the derogation for Spanish (Catalan) boat seine fishing regarding minimum distance and sea depth requirements for sand eel and goby species.
- Feed Additive Authorizations (2026/2084, 2086, 2087, 2090, 2091, 2128, 2130): These acts authorize or renew the use of various substances—including citronella essential oil, star anise essential oil, L-isoleucine, clinoptilolite, and specific enzyme/coccidiostat preparations—as feed additives across various animal species.
Sanctions and Restrictive Measures
- Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2138: Implements restrictive measures directed against specific individuals and entities related to the situation in Afghanistan.
- Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2160: Updates the implementation of restrictive measures regarding actions threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2143: Executes the 361st amendment to the restrictive measures against persons and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1563: Amends existing rules to simplify specific sustainability reporting standards for undertakings.
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1560: Establishes a voluntary framework for sustainability reporting for companies operating within value chains that are not otherwise mandated to report under the standard Directive requirements.
