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EU
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News Rules & courts
Booking.com stops using hotels' prices elsewhere to decide a discount programme, after EU dialogue
The European Commission says Booking.com no longer checks outside prices for its Sponsored Benefit programme, and has dropped 'competitive' price labels for hotels in Europe.
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News Business
EU customs reform takes effect, with a fee on small e-commerce parcels from November and one EU data hub
A single EU customs data system will replace national IT systems, first for e-commerce in 2028. A €3 duty on low-value parcels has applied since July.
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News Rules & courts
EU designates ChatGPT a very large search engine under its Digital Services Act, with Reddit and Roblox
ChatGPT is treated as a search engine because it searches the web. All three reported at least 45 million monthly EU users and have until January 2027 to meet the extra rules.
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News Rules & courts
EU starts enforcing its AI Act on 2 August, and chatbots must now say they are AI
The AI Office can now act against providers of general-purpose AI models. Deepfakes must be labelled, and AI-generated content must carry machine-readable marks.
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News Rules & courts
EU fines Google €890 million for favouring its own services in Search and restricting app developers on Play
Two Digital Markets Act decisions: €460 million over Search self-preferencing and €430 million over Play's steering rules. Google has 60 days to comply.