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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

The implementation of the Environmental Crime Directive will tighten environmental criminal law and increase pressure on companies

Hogan Lovells on 8/25/2025

Germany must transpose the EU Environmental Crime Directive into national law by 21 May, 2026. The Environmental Crime Directive primarily aims to expand and intensify corporate liability. Companies should therefore conduct a...more

European Commission Opens Infringement Procedures Regarding Sustainability Reporting Rules

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/2/2024

The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD, or the Directive) took effect beginning 2024 and requires mandatory sustainability reporting by a first set of companies in 2025. Under the terms of the CSRD, the...more

EFRAG Publishes First Implementation Guidance Documents for CSRD Reporting

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/19/2024

This guidance aims to support the preparation and analysis of reports using the European Sustainability Reporting Standards. On 31 May 2024, EFRAG published the first three Implementation Guidance (IG) documents relating...more

Third Time's a Charm: EU Moves to Approve the Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Jones Day on 3/20/2024

The Council of the European Union ("EU") approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CS3D") on March 15, 2024. The CS3D contains due diligence and governance obligations that will have an extensive impact...more

Commission proposal for a new European legal framework for GMOs

A&O Shearman on 9/8/2023

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

Offshore Roundup

McDermott Will & Schulte on 9/23/2020

Two Birds, One Stone: Addressing COO and DAC6 Risks in Tandem - UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) and the EU Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC6) compliance matters are likely to come under increased scrutiny...more

The EU Medical Device Regulation: What’s Next?

McDermott Will & Schulte on 2/3/2020

The EU Medical Device Regulation goes into application on 26 May 2020, with the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation set to follow on 26 May 2022. These new Regulations bring sweeping changes to the market clearance...more

Nuovi adempimenti derivanti dal recepimento della IV Direttiva Antiriciclaggio

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/3/2017

Lo schema di decreto legislativo approvato dal Governo lo scorso 23 febbraio 2017, ed ora sottoposto all'esame del Parlamento (di seguito "Schema di Decreto"), recante attuazione della Direttiva (UE) 2015/849 del Parlamento...more

The Collection of Passenger Data - Draft Directive Back on Schedule

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/6/2015

The EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive has had a turbulent ride: it was first proposed in 2011, rejected in 2013 by the Civil Liberties Committee and discussions suspended a year later. It was then revived in the...more

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