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.
The updates covered in this month’s edition include (among others):
COVID-19: new controls and regulations
OPSS publishes its call for evidence response on reforming product safety law
Government announces review into HGV driver training
Age Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill receives second reading in House of Lords
Company fined for failures to protect staff working in the community
HSE launches Working Minds campaign
Thames Water fined £4 million for sewage discharge
Following COP26, the government has made a number of related announcements
The Environment Bill receives Royal Assent
DEFRA consults on single-use plastic bans for England
HMRC publishes updated guidance and draft regulations for UK plastic packaging tax
The European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation on deforestation-free products
Member states back new rules on industrial emissions from large combustion plants
European Commission removes REACH authorisation exemptions for uses of DEHP in medicinal products and medical devices
EFSA consults on phthalates in food contact materials
