WEEK 31
TOP 3 NEW LEGISLATION
AREA OF FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND SECURTY FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
Regulation (EU) 2021/1133 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 amended Regulations (EU) No 603/2013, (EU) 2016/794, (EU) 2018/1862, (EU) 2019/816 and (EU) 2019/818 as regards the establishment of the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for the purposes of the Visa Information System, in order to connect the VIS to the other EU information systems and to Europol data and to fit into the existing legal framework.
This Regulation lays down the manner in which interoperability and the conditions for the consultation of the data stored in SIS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN as well as of the Europol data by the VIS automated process for the purpose of identifying hits are to be implemented.
Changes in Articles 22a, 22b, and 28a of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, Articles 4(1) and 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, Articles 18a, 44(1) and 50a of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862, Articles 2,3, 5,7,8, 24, 31a of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 and Articles Article 4, point 20, 18, 68, of Regulation (EU) 2019/818.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax.
Council Directive (EU) 2021/1159 of 13 July 2021 amended Directive 2006/112/EC as regards temporary exemptions on importations and on certain supplies, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, because there is still an urgent need for the adoption of measures in order to create readiness to act when dealing with the ongoing sanitary crisis, it is necessary to ensure a VAT exemption for the purchase of goods and services by the Commission or by an agency or body established under Union law in the execution of their tasks, in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Changes in Articles 143 and 151 of Directive 2006/112/EC.
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2021, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
In view of the urgency of the situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, this Directive should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Member States shall apply the measures provided for in Article 1 from 1 January 2021.
PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSTITUTIONS
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2021/1163 of the European arliament of 24 June 2021 laying down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (Statute of the European Ombudsman) and repealed Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom, in order to compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and in particular point (d) of Article 20(2) and Article 228 thereof, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
