Supply Chain, Manufacturers, Member State

What is the European Accessibility Act and What Impact Will It Have on Your Business?

BCLP on 8/20/2025

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) came into force on 28 June 2025. It requires that all in-scope products and services placed on the market or provided after that date in the EU must meet specified accessibility...more

European Parliament Votes to Postpone Deforestation Regulation to 2025 and Proposes Additional Amendments

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/19/2024

The vote follows the European Commission’s proposal to delay application of the regulation by one year. On 14 November 2024, the European Parliament (Parliament) voted in favour of the European Commission’s (Commission) ...more

European Commission Proposes Net Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/28/2023

The proposals form part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan and aim to scale up technology and materials for the energy transition. On 16 March 2023, the European Commission (Commission) formally proposed two legislative...more

European Commission Proposes Legislation to Prohibit Products Made or Imported With Forced Labour

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/16/2022

The proposal highlights the growing global focus on companies’ human rights obligations not just towards employees but also towards workers in their supply chains. On 14 September 2022, the European Commission (the...more

What do products companies need to know?

Hogan Lovells on 4/2/2019

Parliament rejected the EU Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by Theresa May's government for a third time on Friday afternoon....more

The UK has voted to leave the EU: What now?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 6/24/2016

The British public have voted that the UK should leave the EU. The EU Referendum vote (the Leave Vote) does not by itself result in an automatic UK exit from the EU. The EU Treaty provides for a framework for a...more