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Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Jones Day Talks: EU's New Foreign Direct Investment Regulations Eye Specific Sectors
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Opens an Investigation into Alleged Market Allocation and No-Poach Agreements in the Online Food Delivery Sector - On 23 July 2024, the Commission opened an antitrust...more
The European Commission has published a draft Commission Notice on the interpretation of certain legal provisions in the Accounting Directive, Audit Directive, Audit Regulation, Transparency Directive, Regulation (EU)...more
A new and powerful wave of “greenwashing” bans will sweep the European Union (EU) shortly. The EU’s Green Claims Directive and Greenwashing Directive (together, the Green Directives) are key legislative tools being introduced...more
The regulation aims to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030 and provide a launchpad for achieving long-term nature-related goals through 2050....more
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of May 31, 2023 (the "Deforestation Regulation" or "EUDR") aims to reduce the EU's role in cutting down woodlands and thereby to limit the impact of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions....more
The European Commission ("Commission") adopted an Industrial Carbon Management Communication ("Communication") on 6 February 2024, outlining the Commission's ambitions for a strategy to boost the deployment of technologies in...more
On April 24, 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The directive, which must be formally endorsed by the Council of the European Union (EU) before officially...more
In this week’s edition, we discuss the European Parliament’s approval of a certification framework that is set to govern carbon removal activities, including the proper certification of carbon credits. Europe continues to...more
On 6 February 2024, the European Commission (Commission) presented its recommendations for the EU’s 2040 climate target, following a detailed impact assessment on potential emission reduction pathways. This publication aligns...more
As of January 2024, France, Germany and Poland have officially withdrawn from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Their decision to withdraw from the treaty follows a recent European Commission proposal for a mass exodus from...more
In the dynamic business landscape, regulatory legislation changes are constant. These alterations in laws often feel like an unrelenting force impacting senior leadership, compelling them to reassess and adjust existing...more
In its two Confédération Paysanne decisions (cases C-528/161 and C-688/21), the Court of Justice of the European Union limited the exclusion of plants and products obtained by new genomic techniques (NGTs) from the...more
On Tuesday, the European Commission published a draft Implementing Regulation for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The regulation sets rules for the reporting obligations during the CBAM transitional period that...more
On 17 May 2023, the EU Regulation establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the CBAM Regulation) came into force. The CBAM Regulation will become applicable in phases, with provisions applying from 1 October 2023, 31...more
The European Commission has launched a public consultation and a call for evidence seeking opinions on the EU’s intermediary climate targets for 2040. This is a scheduled step in the EU’s ambition to reach net-zero emissions...more
The European Commission last month announced a proposed Net-Zero Industry Act designed to drive the investment in and the growth of the clean technology manufacturing sector. The proposed Act is part of the Green Deal...more
The European Parliament voted in favor of implementing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) after reaching a provisional agreement on the CBAM in December 2022. Several countries and the European Union (EU) have long...more
The EU emissions trading system (the EU ETS) is one of the key pillars of the EU’s policy to combat climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from regulated sectors....more
On March 9, the European Commission adopted a series of measures to foster investment and financing the transition to climate neutrality and a net-zero industry in the EU. To this end, the Commission has...more
As part of the European Green Deal ambitions, the proposal encourages sustainable consumption through additional incentives to repair products to reduce waste and emissions. On 22 March 2023, the European Commission...more
The Plan aims to “simplify, accelerate and align incentives to preserve the competitiveness and attractiveness of the EU as an investment location for the net-zero industry”. On 1 February 2023, the European Commission...more
On February 1, the European Commission (EC) launched its Green Deal Industrial Plan to “enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industry and support the fast transition to climate neutrality.” According to the...more
Yesterday (1 Feb 2023) marked the launch by the European Commission (EC) of the Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net Zero Age. Its introduction is aimed at a levelling up of the international playing field and combatting...more
The European Parliament and Council of the European Union have reached an agreement on the text of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism regulation and the directive providing an updated EU Emissions Trading System....more
Latham lawyers highlight key takeaways and developments in the sustainability space from the second half of the year. ...more