Case C-82/10, European Commission v Ireland [2011] ECR I-00000

Article 4 of the First Council Directive 73/239/EEC of 24 July 1973 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of direct insurance other than life assurance, as amended and repealed by the Solvency II Directive, OJ L – 228, of 16.08.1973. pp. 3–19. [First non-life Directive].

Ireland was found to have failed to fulfil its obligations under the non-life insurance directives by not covering the Voluntary Health Insurance Board, the main health insurer in Ireland, with the supervisory scheme envisaged by those directives. The Court of Justice of the European Union judgment raises vital questions important for the existing exempted insurance institutions.

At the beginning of a pleasant summer week towards the end of July, Food Law professionals from all over the world travelled to the village of Cadenabbia on Lake Como in Italy in order to participate in the fourth edition of the Summer Academy on Global Food Law and Policy. The Academy, which has established its reputation as a high-level training and networking opportunity within the world of food law and policy, was presided by Associate Professor of Law at HEC Paris, Alberto Alemanno, and organised in cooperation with Lexxion, publisher of the European Journal of Risk Regulation (EJRR) and the European Food and Feed Law Review (EFFL).