How to watch the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)

Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Cloud and AI Development Act: data sovereignty and competitiveness

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

Debate on the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act centres on creating data‑centre acceleration zones with environmental and community safeguards, reserving capacity for EU actors, defining workable cloud sovereignty levels and enforcement, and weighing strategic autonomy against investment incentives, SME burdens, procurement tools, and the risk of duplicating existing environmental and regulatory frameworks.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Cloud and AI Development Act: Strategic orientation and party positions

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 5 others

Members and the Commission debate the proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADRA), addressing environmental and permitting conditions for data centres, EU technological sovereignty and access to compute, SME compliance burdens and sanctions, public procurement leverage, sovereignty assurance levels and third‑country access, and the risk of over‑regulation deterring investment.

In this chapter

1. Cloud and AI Development Act: Rapporteur’s sovereignty and sustainability principlesIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. EPP (Dahl): Balancing technological sovereignty and competitivenessHenrik Dahl
3. S&D (Benifei): Strategic autonomy, procurement leverage and stronger safeguardsBrando Benifei

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Better lawmaking package: Mandate and political lines

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 4 others

The committee opens with the 2025–2026 report on better regulation and regulatory fitness, as rapporteur Warborn and political groups set out priorities on impact assessments, gold‑plating, scrutiny of urgent procedures, SME tests, and the balance between competitiveness, social and environmental objectives.

In this chapter

1. Opening and mandate: Better lawmaking reportIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Warborn: Gold-plating, scrutiny board and burden metricsJörgen Warborn
3. S&D (Repasi/Wölken): People-first better regulation and Ombudsman findingsJörgen Warborn
4. ECR and Renew: SME-focused proportionality and practical simplificationMario Mantovani

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Better regulation 2025–2026: rapporteur and shadows’ priorities

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

Presentation of the draft report on better law‑making and reactions from political groups, addressing impact assessments for major proposals and amendments, limits on national gold‑plating, strengthening the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, tracking net regulatory burden and competitiveness, while balancing SME‑friendly simplification with social, sustainability and equality objectives and tighter rules on urgent procedures and delegated/implementing acts.

In this chapter

1. Regulatory fitness report: rapporteur Warborn’s prioritiesIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Shadows on better regulation: social priorities and SME focusIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Emerging technologies: ethical‑legal challenges in human reproduction

Mario Mantovani and 4 others

JURI seminar on emerging technologies examines their interaction with EU values, then focuses on synthetic human genomics and artificial placenta/womb research, detailing scientific state of play, risks of reproductive and eugenic uses, identity and dignity concerns, gaps in parental and fetal/child status protections, and MEP–expert exchanges on liability, intergenerational effects and democratic control of such reproductive technologies.

In this chapter

1. Opening of ethics seminar: emerging technologies, values and regulationMario Mantovani
2. Synthetic human genomics: scientific state and EU ethical-legal frameworkMario Mantovani
3. Artificial placenta and artificial womb: legal and ethical landscapeMario Mantovani
4. MEP concerns on synthetic genome and artificial womb: expert repliesMario Mantovani

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Anti‑SLAPP Directive: implementation, Commission update and Q&A

Mario Mantovani and 4 others

Joint JURI–LIBE hearing on the 2024/1069 anti‑SLAPP Directive, covering the legal framework, uneven and often minimalist national transposition, gaps on domestic SLAPPs, examples from Malta, Belgium and candidate countries, Commission monitoring and infringement action, and an in‑depth Q&A on incentives for broader scope, judicial training, early dismissal tools and possible future legislative revisions within current Treaty limits.

In this chapter

1. Opening: agenda and anti-SLAPP directive contextMario Mantovani
2. Expert Borg-Barthet: uneven transposition of anti-SLAPP directiveMario Mantovani
3. Civil society expert Kusari: domestic SLAPPs, training and victim supportFlutura Kusari

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Report back from plenary meeting of the Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO)

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

Committee item where the Chair and Parliament’s representatives report back on the EUIPO Observatory plenary meeting and its main conclusions on IP enforcement.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

IPRED modernisation: Political divisions and Commission’s cautious stance

René Repasi and 4 others

MEPs debate embedding public interest and proportionality tests versus protecting strong injunctions for rightsholders, while the Commission warns against hasty legislative changes, favouring improved application and best practices, before the rapporteur reiterates SME concerns and closes the item.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

IPRED modernisation: Rapporteur Walsmann on proportionality and SME protection

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

The rapporteur outlines why the 2004 IPRED no longer fits complex industrial value chains, arguing for more flexible and proportionate injunctions, better procedural balance for SMEs, and a focus on structural issues in industrial IP enforcement.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Own-initiative report: Modernising enforcement of intellectual property rights in the EU: strengthening the IPRED framework

Marion Walsmann and 3 others

Item devoted to an own-initiative report on updating the IPRED framework to reflect technological change and ensure effective, proportionate enforcement of intellectual property rights in the EU.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Environmental crime convention: Political support, national opt‑outs and amendment conditions

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

Political groups broadly back the EU’s conclusion of the convention, underline its alignment with the 2024 environmental crime directive, recall Ireland’s and Denmark’s opt‑outs and practical enforcement concerns, and the chair sets the amendment deadline and recalls Rule 107 limits before closing the item.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Council of Europe environmental crime convention: Commission request and territorial scope

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The rapporteur opens the file and the Commission explains the need for a territorial declaration limiting the convention’s application to territories where EU Treaties apply, clarifying that this is a procedural step that does not alter substantive obligations and asks Parliament for consent.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Territorial declaration on Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

Item on Parliament’s consent to a territorial declaration clarifying the application of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law within the EU, notably excluding Denmark and Ireland.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Court of Justice discharge 2025: Critical remarks and procedural calendar

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

Further concerns on caseload statistics, effects of the 2024 reform and transparency in case allocation are raised, after which the chair closes the discharge item by summarising key benchmarks and announcing the amendment deadline and committee vote date.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Court of Justice discharge 2025: Rapporteur and political groups

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 2 others

Presentation of the draft opinion on the 2025 discharge for the Court of Justice, followed by political groups’ reactions and amendment priorities on efficiency, access to justice, equal opportunities and safeguards for digitalisation and AI in the judicial system.

In this chapter

1. Discharge 2025: Court of Justice rapporteur’s assessmentIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Discharge 2025: Political groups’ positions and proposed amendmentsIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Draft opinion on 2025 budget discharge: Court of Justice of the European Union

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

Committee item devoted to the presentation and discussion of the draft opinion on the 2025 discharge for the budget of the Court of Justice of the European Union, addressed to the CONT Committee.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Public hearing: Women in Judiciary: Challenges and Opportunities

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 5 others

Main item of the Committee on Legal Affairs meeting dedicated to a public hearing on challenges and opportunities for women in the judiciary.

In this chapter

1. Opening statements and video messageIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Women in European judicial systems: institutional perspectiveIlhan Kyuchyuk
3. Women in the Spanish judiciaryIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Vote on legal basis: EU Rare Diseases action plan

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

Under Rule 47, the Chair opens a single roll‑call vote on JURI’s opinion regarding the legal basis for an own‑initiative report on the EU Rare Diseases action plan, noting the rapporteur does not take the floor. The opinion is adopted with the announced majority, the rapporteur is congratulated, and the Chair closes the voting part of the meeting.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

JURI vote: compromise amendments and final text on data file

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The Chair conducts a series of electronic votes on compromise amendments 1 to 6 to the Benifei file, each opened and closed in turn with vote results and adoption status announced. A final roll‑call vote on the overall text is then held and adopted, and the rapporteur is congratulated.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Rapporteur Benifei: JURI opinion on Data Act package

Brando Benifei S&D

Rapporteur Brando Benifei thanks shadow rapporteurs and outlines the JURI committee’s opinion on the Data Act and Data Governance Act, stressing simplification of the EU data framework without weakening existing rights. He details positions on trade secrets safeguards, cloud switching and competition, preservation of platform-to-business rules, neutrality and registration for data intermediation services, data access in public emergencies, and smart contract security, concluding with a call to support the compromise amendments and final text.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Opening votes: waivers of immunity and court interventions

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The Chair opens the meeting with electronic single votes on waivers of parliamentary immunity for András Tivadar Kulja and Afroditi Latinopoulou, both adopted, followed by recommendations to intervene or submit observations before the General Court (cases T‑614/26, T‑638/26) and the Court of Justice (case C‑929/26), all approved with detailed vote counts announced. The Chair then introduces the next item concerning verification of credentials under Rule 3 in his capacity as JURI Chair.

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Political debate and institutional reactions on IPRED reform

Martin Stierle

MEPs question the expert on harmonisation, risks of de facto compulsory licences and innovation impacts, the expert replies on the need for EU‑level reform and CJEU guidance, and the Commission outlines its horizontal approach to IPRED, future reporting on the unitary patent and possible follow‑up, before the Chair closes the item.

In this chapter

1. Q&A with MEPs Walsmann and Voss on harmonisation, ‘hidden’ compulsory licences and risks of delayMartin Stierle
2. Expert replies on EU harmonisation, compulsory licences and wait‑and‑see risks
3. Commission (DG GROW) remarks on IPRED’s horizontal nature and next steps

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Expert presentation on proportionality in patent injunctions

Martin Stierle

Professor Stierle presents the study’s mandate and legal context, assesses proportionality in patent enforcement under IPRED, analyses German patent reform and early Unified Patent Court case law, and proposes an IPRED amendment to make proportionality an effective, harmonised exception to automatic injunctions.

In this chapter

1. Study mandate and focus on proportionality in patent enforcementMartin Stierle
2. EU legal framework and innovation risks of automatic injunctions
3. Germany’s 2021 patent reform and limited effect of proportionality

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Ordinary Meeting

Opening of JURI meeting and agenda for patent study

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The Chair opens the JURI meeting, confirms agenda and coordinators’ decisions, and introduces the policy study on selected questions concerning patent litigation as the main item for discussion.

In this chapter

1. Opening of JURI meeting and coordinators’ decisionsIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Introduction of policy study on patent litigationIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Extraordinary Meeting

Rapporteur Warborn: deep cleaning and SME-focused better lawmaking

Jörgen Warborn and 1 other

Warborn presents the draft report on better lawmaking, endorsing the Commission’s regulatory deep cleaning initiative while criticising the gap between stated and actual cost-reduction ambitions, and calls for a shift to one-in-two-out, an end to gold-plating and targeted compensation for SME reporting burdens within a stronger impact assessment and subsidiarity framework.

In this chapter

1. Rapporteur Warborn: Commission ‘deep cleaning’ and cost targetsJörgen Warborn
2. Warborn: One-in-two-out, gold-plating, SME reporting compensationJörgen Warborn

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Committee on Legal Affairs – Extraordinary Meeting

Voting on MEP Statute and move to better lawmaking item

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

The Chair organises and announces the voting results on amendments to the Statute for Members of the European Parliament regarding proxy voting, then closes this item and introduces the next agenda point on EU regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality for 2025–2026, designating Warborn as rapporteur.

In this chapter

1. Votes: MEP Statute proxy voting amendmentsIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Chair: Introduction of better lawmaking reportIlhan Kyuchyuk

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