European Union: Constitutional & Administrative Law

The European Union's evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and health data is creating new compliance challenges and opportunities for life sciences organizations. From the AI Act's refinements to the delayed NIS2 Directive transposition in Ireland, stakeholders must navigate multiple intersecting frameworks while preparing for the European Health Data Space Regulation's implementation.

The European Union's revised Cybersecurity Act advances through legislative procedures while facing significant Member State concerns about EU competence limits in cybersecurity matters. The proposed framework would empower the European Commission to exclude high-risk suppliers from the EU market, but questions arise about whether the EU has authority to act in areas traditionally reserved for national security.

Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a pivotal moment, with a six-month agenda centered on competitiveness, values, and security. The programme emphasizes simplification of existing frameworks, resilience across critical sectors, and preparation for the EU's next long-term investment cycle through 2034.

The Spanish Supreme Court has annulled the Single Rental Registry procedure established by Royal Decree 1312/2024, ruling that it infringes upon regional competences in housing and tourism matters.

Foreign residents in Cyprus face specific requirements when converting their driving licences, governed by EU residence rules and recognition agreements between countries. The process involves proving usual residence through documentation like registration certificates and utility bills, submitting applications through the Department of Road Transport, and navigating different pathways depending on whether the licence originates from an EU or non-EU country.

Germany's Federal Government has introduced a draft bill that explicitly places fusion facilities—including laser fusion plants—under the Radiation Protection Act rather than the more stringent Atomic Energy Act.

The CRD VI Act pursues a dual objective: on the one hand, transposing CRD VI itself and, on the other, transposing Directive (EU) 2024/2994 and implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2987, relating to the EMIR 3 package.

Finland's land use planning system is undergoing a major overhaul with the proposed Land Use Act, introducing significant changes to regional plan authority, planning processes, and renewable energy project requirements. The reform aims to streamline administrative procedures while imposing new distance requirements for wind turbines and planning obligations for solar power plants that will fundamentally reshape how developers approach renewable energy projects.

On 5 May 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank“) published an updated AIF Rulebook, together with its Feedback Statement on Consultation Paper 162...