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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

EU strategy on international justice: mandate and first reactions

Tineke Strik Verts/ALE

The Chair opens the agenda item on an EU strategy to protect international justice, with rapporteur Strik outlining JURI’s role and four priorities: aligning EU law with international rulings, preventing EU complicity in grave crimes, strengthening cooperation with the ICC and addressing Commission inaction on the blocking statute, potentially via an inquiry committee. The S&D shadow welcomes the initiative and signals support for a stronger EU commitment to the international rules‑based order beyond declaratory rhetoric.

In this chapter

1. Introduction of new item: EU strategy on international justiceTineke Strik
2. Rapporteur Strik: four JURI priorities on international justiceTineke Strik
3. Opening of shadows’ debate: S&D initial reaction

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Commission and rapporteur: safeguards, P2B repeal, timetable

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

The Commission (DG CONNECT) defends the proposed ‘handbrake’ on trade secrets in the Data Act, the AI Omnibus approach, voluntary data intermediation regimes and repeal of the P2B Regulation in favour of DSA/DMA, arguing for legal predictability and compliance simplification, while acknowledging Parliament’s concerns. Rapporteur Benifei then stresses areas of convergence, urges legally robust compromises to influence lead committees, and announces the amendment deadline and need for swift conclusion of the Digital Omnibus file.

In this chapter

1. Commission (DG CONNECT): rationale for trade secrets 'handbrake' and AI OmnibusIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Commission: data intermediaries and repeal of Platform‑to‑Business Regulation
3. Rapporteur Benifei: convergence, next steps and timing on Digital OmnibusBrando Benifei

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Political groups: positions on Digital Omnibus

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 6 others

MEPs from EPP, Renew, ECR, Greens/EFA and The Left set out their lines on the Digital and AI Omnibus, focusing on trade secret safeguards, data access grounds, the future of the Platform‑to‑Business Regulation, data intermediaries’ registration, business‑to‑government data sharing, personal data definitions and GDPR‑linked AI training and biometric processing. Fault lines emerge between those prioritising simplification and SME burden reduction and those warning against deregulation and erosion of fundamental rights and the existing Data Act/DGA balance.

In this chapter

1. EPP shadow Radev: support with reservations on trade secrets and P2BIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Dutch MEP Diepeveen: concerns on trade secrets and central EU incident platformIlhan Kyuchyuk
3. ECR MEP Mantovani: defend simplification on cloud, smart contracts and data intermediariesIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Digital and AI Omnibus file: agenda introduction and rapporteur’s opinion

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

After a brief procedural pause, the Chair formally opens the Digital Omnibus agenda item and gives the floor to rapporteur Benifei, who presents JURI’s draft opinion on the Digital and AI Omnibus as part of the EU’s digital simplification agenda, detailing positions on data governance, P2B, cloud switching, smart contracts, trade secrets, B2G data access and coordinated enforcement.

In this chapter

1. Procedural pause and introduction of Digital Omnibus itemIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Rapporteur Benifei: presentation of JURI opinion on Digital and AI OmnibusBrando Benifei

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

JURI mission to US on AI and IP: report and follow‑up

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

The Chair reports on the JURI delegation’s meetings in Washington and Boston on AI, digital regulation and IP, contrasting EU rule‑making with the US approach, then answers an ECR question on whether US counterparts are ready to cooperate on copyright safeguards and EU interests in AI training and use.

In this chapter

1. Chair: report on JURI mission to US on AI and IPIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. ECR MEP: question on US cooperation and copyright safeguards – Chair’s responseIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

MEP Q&A on EU legislation, liability and consumer incentives

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

MEPs probe whether new EU legislation is required beyond the DSA, how far intermediary and VPN responsibility should extend, and how affordability of legal offers affects piracy, with Riccio advocating a regulation-based approach, cumulative use of dynamic injunctions and notice-and-takedown, and improved legal services over purely punitive measures.

In this chapter

1. MEP questions: need for EU action and scope of responsibilityIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Additional question: affordability, fragmentation of legal sports offersIlhan Kyuchyuk
3. Professor’s replies: regulation vs directive and limits of liability
4. Professor’s replies: injunctions, notice-and-takedown and service improvement

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EU and national enforcement models against live piracy

The expert details how existing EU instruments and national schemes address live event piracy, comparing administrative and judicial blocking models, identifying enforcement trends, and highlighting persisting fragmentation and the need for harmonised, possibly sports-specific, EU rules.

In this chapter

1. National enforcement models: Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium
2. Key enforcement trends and persistent fragmentation
3. Conclusions and policy recommendations on live piracy

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

Opening and scope of study on live piracy

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The Chair introduces the Legal Affairs Committee item and Professor Riccio’s study, outlining the focus on countering online piracy of live sports and broadcasts and the structure of his evidence-based presentation.

In this chapter

1. Opening of meeting: introduction of studyIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Scale and business models of live event piracy
3. EU legal framework: InfoSoc, IPRED, DSA
4. DSM Directive Article 17 and non-binding Commission recommendationIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

Opening of meeting and agenda adoption

The Chair opens the Committee on Legal Affairs meeting, confirms interpretation languages, adopts the agenda in the absence of objections, notes there are no chair’s announcements and no minutes to adopt, and introduces item on subsidiarity under Rule 43 with rapporteur Mr. Szmizsek and the seven reasoned opinions from national parliaments.

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EFRAG 2026 workplan: introduction, CSRD implementation and Commission support

Kerstin Lopatta

The Chair closes the IPRED item and opens the EFRAG agenda point, where EFRAG leadership warns about downgraded budget priority and presents the 2026 sustainability reporting workplan focused on CSRD/ESRS implementation, non-EU group standards, SME support, digitalisation and interoperability; the Commission (FISMA) endorses these priorities, explains timing constraints linked to the CSRD omnibus changes, and outlines the path to swift adoption of the revised ESRS and voluntary SME delegated acts.

In this chapter

1. Start of EFRAG item: budget risk and sustainability workplan priorities
2. EFRAG 2026 workplan: CSRD implementation, SMEs, interoperability and digitalisationKerstin Lopatta
3. Commission (FISMA): support for EFRAG workplan and delegated acts

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

MEP–experts Q&A on IPRED reform, AI and UPC; Commission stance

MEPs question how to adapt IPRED to AI-related infringements, improve proportionality and harmonisation, and whether to await UPC case law, prompting experts to distinguish enforcement from substantive AI issues, flag tensions with GDPR and trade secrets, and to diverge on the timing and depth of legislative intervention on proportionality; DG GROW then sets out the Commission’s current line that IPRED is broadly fit for purpose, with problems rooted mainly in judicial practice, favouring judicial cooperation and best-practice exchange over reopening the directive while expressing cautious confidence in the UPC’s gradual corrective role.

In this chapter

1. MEP questions on IPRED, AI and proportionality: experts’ responses
2. Commission (DG GROW) on IPRED study, proportionality and UPC

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

Economic evidence and proportionality in patent and copyright enforcement

Prof. Scott Marcus presents the economic and technological assessment of IPRED, evidencing weak use of proportionality, strong incentives for rights holders (notably via German-style near-automatic injunctions and PAE concentration), and limited impact but real risks of dynamic blocking injunctions, before recommending stronger proportionality tests and structural corrections; Prof. Sikorski adds a comparative patent-law perspective, arguing that rigid injunction practice harms EU competitiveness and consumers and proposing explicit proportionality factors and rebuttable presumptions against automatic injunctions for complex products and PAEs.

In this chapter

1. Prof. Scott Marcus: mandate, goals and empirical findings
2. Prof. Scott Marcus: proportionality, German practice and PAEs
3. Prof. Scott Marcus: dynamic blocking injunctions and policy recommendations

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

JURI IPRED workshop opening and legal critique

The Chair opens the JURI IPRED evaluation workshop and Prof. Leistner outlines the directive’s objectives, then sharply criticises the Commission’s follow-up study for its narrow scope, calling for a comprehensive revision of proportionality, intermediary and secondary liability, PAEs and abusive enforcement, including new CJEU case law on extraterritorial patent enforcement.

In this chapter

1. Opening of JURI workshop: scope of IPRED review
2. Prof. Leistner: critique of IPRED follow-up study and proportionality
3. Prof. Leistner: PAEs, remedies and territoriality concerns

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

Protection of adults regulation: post‑trilogue outcome

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The Chair, on behalf of the rapporteur, reports the successful trilogue conclusion on the protection of adults regulation, outlining the main legal elements, focus on autonomy and UN CRPD compliance, acknowledging the Council Presidency and groups, and announcing the upcoming JURI vote and in‑camera session.

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

European Biotech Act: objectives, incentives and competitiveness debate

René Repasi and 3 others

The committee and Commission present the proposed Biotech Act, detailing objectives, SPC incentives, AI and data use, and biosecurity safeguards, followed by political input from Axel Voss on competitiveness, over‑regulation and financing, and a Commission response on business models, standards and funding instruments across the biotech value chain.

In this chapter

1. European Biotech Act: item introduction and rapporteur’s concernsRené Repasi
2. Commission (DG SANTE): Biotech Act objectives, competitiveness and frameworkThomas Van Cangh
3. Commission: targeted SPC incentive, AI use and biosecurity safeguardsIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

Opening of meeting and coordinators’ decisions

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

The Chair opens the JURI meeting with condolences, confirms the agenda and practical arrangements, then reports coordinators’ decisions on new rapporteurships, own‑initiative work, budgetary mandates, Venice Commission exchanges, and subsidiarity opinions under Rule 43.

In this chapter

1. Chair’s opening, condolences and agenda adoptionIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Coordinators’ decisions, own-initiative report and formalitiesIlhan Kyuchyuk

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

Council of Europe Environmental Crime Convention: consent request

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 3 others

Rapporteur, shadows and Commission set out the legal context, links with the 2024 EU environmental crime directive, and political arguments for Parliament to give consent to EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention, including scope of offences, cross‑border enforcement and concerns about cumulative sanctions and business impacts.

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European business wallet: opinion, scope and implementation

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 5 others

The committee turns to the European business wallet opinion, with the rapporteur and shadows outlining priorities on simplification, security, interoperability and SME‑friendliness, while MEPs and the Commission debate mandatory use by public authorities, security standards, business uptake conditions and alignment with wider digital single market tools.

In this chapter

1. European business wallet: opinion introduction and prioritiesIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Business wallet: security, optional vs mandatory use, and Commission stanceDaniel Buda

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Committee on Legal Affairs Ordinary Meeting

EU Inc: parliamentary scrutiny, risks and safeguards

René Repasi and 9 others

Rapporteur and MEPs scrutinise EU Inc’s design, warning about forum shopping, labour and tax risks, codetermination gaps and fragmentation, while the Commission responds on safeguards, scope, insolvency, ESOPs and implementation, before the rapporteur closes by insisting on strong worker and creditor protection standards for an EU ‘quality label’.

In this chapter

1. Rapporteur REPASI: support with strong safeguards, forum shopping riskRené Repasi
2. MEPs’ first Q&A block: support vs. concerns on EU Inc designAxel Voss
3. MEPs’ second Q&A block: labour, taxation, codetermination, long‑term visionKira Marie Peter-Hansen

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EU Inc proposal: introduction and Commission presentation

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

The chair opens the EU Inc (28th regime) agenda item and Commissioner McGrath presents the regulation’s objectives, core digitalisation features, investor and insolvency elements, and clarifies its legal limits within the broader 28th regime roadmap and timeline.

In this chapter

1. EU Inc / 28th regime: item introductionIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. Commission: EU Inc proposal: objectives, digitalization, safeguardsMichael McGrath
3. Commission: EU Inc: investment, ESOP, insolvency and limitsMichael McGrath

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Committee on Legal Affairs

Vote result and legal basis outcome

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

Chair closes the vote, announces 22 votes cast (3 in favour, 19 against, no abstentions), and confirms that the existing legal basis from the negotiations remains unchanged.

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Opening of sitting and Rule 41 vote

Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew

Chair opens the sitting, announces a vote on the legal basis of a proposal referred by MV and IMCO under Rule 41, notes the rapporteur’s absence, and proceeds directly to the electronic vote.

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Executive Vice-President: online piracy and AVMSD review

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 7 others

The Executive Vice-President outlines shortcomings in tackling online piracy of live events, links the copyright review with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive review for the creative sector, and calls for swift agreement on key digital files before the Chair closes the structured dialogue.

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Executive Vice-President: DSA and AI regulatory priorities

Henna Virkkunen

The Executive Vice-President details DSA enforcement on minors, democracy and scams, explains EU age-verification tools and child-safety guidance, and presents AI Act security obligations together with forthcoming tech sovereignty and defence-related technology initiatives.

In this chapter

1. Executive Vice-President: DSA enforcement, age verification and addictive designHenna Virkkunen
2. Executive Vice-President: AI security, tech sovereignty and defenceHenna Virkkunen

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Second MEP round: minors, AI risks and live piracy

Ilhan Kyuchyuk and 1 other

Members raise additional questions on age verification and addictive platform design, defence and financial-sector AI risks, timelines and legal personhood for AI systems, and call for stronger EU tools against structural online piracy of live sports and third-country AI competition.

In this chapter

1. Second round: minors’ protection, Anthropic and AI personhoodIlhan Kyuchyuk
2. EPP: Abadía Jover: AI-copyright report and live sports piracyMaravillas Abadía Jover

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