A company requests a loan. The response comes in seconds: denied. No meeting, no discussion, no explanation beyond a standard email. The decision was made by an algorithm, and the applicant has no idea what determined the outcome or how they could challenge it. This is not a hypothetical scenario. It happens every day in the European financial sector, and the real problem is not that algorithms make decisions, but that those affected can do almost nothing about it.
As a effect of the entry of Regulation (EU) No. 40/2025 on packaging and packaging-related waste ("the Regulation") becoming effective, new obligations will be imposed on economic operators regarding the use of packaging, in particular single-use packaging.
On January 21, 2026, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) released a joint opinion on the European Commission's proposal for a "Digital Omnibus". Hategan Attorneys summarizes the opinion, which aims to simplify the implementation of certain harmonized rules under the AI Regulation without diminishing the high level of protection provided by the GDPR.
Published in the Official Gazette on December 15, 2025, Law 239/2025 on establishing measures to recover and streamline public resources and to amend and supplement certain legislative acts will come into effect on December 18 and introduces substantial changes regarding the dissolution of legal entities. The new provisions concern both the procedure for fiscal inactivity and new situations in which an LLC may be dissolved for failure to comply with legal obligations.
Following the meeting on November 25, 2025, the European Parliament adopted its final position on the new Toy Safety Regulation, which was confirmed with 44 votes in favor and 2 against.
This Regulation introduces new rules aimed at enhancing the protection of children's health and development, while repealing Directive 2009/48/EC, which regulated the applicable rules on toy safety.