Pietro Franzina has glorious abstract of European Fee report COM (2025) 268 and Employees Working Doc SWD(2025) 135, each discussing the implementation of Brussels Ia, constructing inter alia on the Milieu Examine on the identical subject.
Pietro has accomplished a tour de drive in summarising each paperwork, highlighting the areas the place statutory change is likely to be proposed:
scope of utility (‘civil and business’; ! arbitration; vis attractiva concursus /insolvency);
third nation defendants: essential for enterprise and human rights claims and harmonisation right here could be welcome ia in mild of the expanded use of EU sustainability devices with prolonged territorial scope; I mentioned the problem briefly right here;
guidelines on particular jurisdiction the place ia the A7(1) and (2) distinction is getting opaque however the place as Pietro notes little change could also be anticipated;
client contracts (with particular point out for the imo outdated carve-out for contracts of transport);
unique jurisdiction with possible an modification to be proposed to codify CJEU BSH Hausgeräte;
potential for clarification of the lis pendens guidelines;
ditto for collective redress actions and, however with much less fast urgency it might appear, for digital property.
Of aspect be aware is that the Employees Working Doc would appear so as to add little to the precise Report. There may be in all probability an institutional purpose, eg SWDs don’t require translation into all EU languages, nonetheless normally one would count on the SWDs to convey a bit extra beef to the analytical bone. In any other case there appears little level in having one in any respect.
All in all intensive proposed amendments are to not be anticipated nonetheless that doesn’t imply people who may me, couldn’t be impactful.
Geert.
EU Personal Worldwide Legislation, 4th ed 2024, Chapter 2.
