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Data protection European Artificial Intelligence Act comes into force Entered into force: 1 August 2024 On August 1 the European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the world’s first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence, entered into force. The AI Act ensures that AI developed and used in the EU is trustworthy, with safeguards to protect people’s […]
On 3 July 2024 the Council of the European Union published an update to the EU Best Practices for the effective implementation of restrictive measures (Best Practices), which introduced several changes. The Best Practices are to be considered non-exhaustive recommendations of a general nature for the effective implementation of EU restrictive measures (sanctions). They play […]
Assistant lawyer Natājlija Ķīse compiled the material. Human Rights ECtHR: no discrimination in Latvian pre-school language reform Delivered: 18 July 2024 A unanimous ruling was reached by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Djeri and Others v. Latvia, concluding that the European Convention on Human Rights’ Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) […]
What is a Guarantee of Origin? A Guarantee of Origin (GoO) for gas certifies that a portion of the energy has been sourced from renewable energy resources. According to Section 117.1, Subsection 1 of the Energy Law, GoOs serve this specific purpose. Section 117.3, Subsection 1 further specifies that the transmission system operator (TSO) issues […]
Our partner Mihkel Miidla, senior associate Liisa Maria Kuuskmaa, and associate Stella Victoria Ojala updated the article “Data Transfers – Estonia” published in OneTrust DataGuidance in June. According to Liisa Maria Kuuskmaa, the article is updated annually to reflect changes in legislation, new court and administrative practices, and other news in this field. Kuuskmaa believes […]
