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Continue reading →: Spain’s Administrative Implementation of Article 19 of the EU Critical Law Materials Act, by Rodrigo Muñoz-Mohedano RincónArticle 19 of the Critical Raw Materials Act requires Member States to draw up national exploration programmes for critical raw materials and for minerals that may contain them. This obligation forms part of a broader EU strategy aimed at improving knowledge of critical raw material resources, strengthening security of supply…
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Continue reading →: Hazardous Chemicals and the Governance of Uncertainty in EU Circular Economy Law, by Caroline Gardelli and Henrik JosefssonIntroduction This post examines how conceptual, procedural, and epistemic features of EU chemicals regulation interact with circular-economy objectives, producing legal counterforces that weaken the environmental outcomes aimed for in the TFEU, that Union policy on the environment shall aim at a high level of protection and shall be based on…
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Continue reading →: Building trust to ensure labour mobility within the EU: a conversation with Cosmin Boiangiu, ED of the European Labour AuthorityFor the EU Agencies Corner of REALaw, we sit down with Cosmin Boiangiu to reflect on the past, present, and future of the European Labour Authority (ELA), drawing on his insights as its Executive Director. Negotiated alongside the Revised Posted Workers Directive, the ELA was established in 2019 with the…
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Continue reading →: From Participation to (possible) Membership: Iceland and EU Agencies, By Vanessa AichstillThis year, the Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, has decided to put the following question to a referendum to be held on 29 August 2026: “Should negotiations on Iceland’s accession to the European Union be continued?”. As an EEA (European Economic Area) EFTA (European Free Trade Association) State, Iceland is already deeply…
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Continue reading →: REALaw.blog Newsletter 2026Dear readers, As the 2025/2026 academic year comes to an end, this newsletter reflects on the main changes introduced to the Realaw blog over the past year. The blog now contains ‘Experts’ corners’, where blog pieces dedicated to specific themes are published, highlighting trends in specific legal areas or delving…