Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you the latest edition of our monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in UK & EU Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure; providing bite-size updates on EU and UK law, procedure and policy.
This month’s edition includes the following:
Covid-19: Guidance for Businesses Collecting Personal Details issued.
Covid-19: Health and Safety Executive (HSE) checks on compliance take place.
Covid-19: Face coverings regulations published, with exclusion.
A consultation on courts’ powers to depart from retained EU case law after Brexit transition period was launched.
Trials for electric scooter rentals on roads in Great Britain start.
The Environment Agency (EA) has launched its 5 year plan for reaching a greener, healthier future.
The government has affirmed its commitment to crack down on single use plastics at home and abroad, including PPE.
Government consults on a carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards regime for new UK-registered vehicles from 1 January 2021.
The EA issued a remediation notice for environmental damage.
EU leaders agree on cornerstones of long-term budget to recover from COVID-19 crisis, including a plastic tax.
European Commission plans law on greenwashing and green claims.
European Commission adds 22 hazardous chemicals to EU regulation on imports and exports.
