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:
Food company fined £216,000 after a sharp piece of metal was found in a doughnut
Roofing contractor fined for death of worker who fell from roof and for the contractor failing to have employers’ liability insurance
The Office for Product Safety and Standards publishes its product regulation strategy for 2022-2025
Guidance on Cosmetic Products Enforcement updated following relaxation of UK Conformity Assessed (‘UKCA’) marking rules
Proposed regulation of deforestation free products adopted by European Parliament
Section 22 POCA calculations should consider all assets, including those no longer held by the defendant
Court of Appeal allows use of Whatsapp as evidence provided it meets the interests of justice
Government publishes response to consultation on GB road vehicle approval scheme
‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ introduced to Parliament
Previously directly effective EU laws remain enforceable after Brexit
Government opens a consultation on UK mandatory water efficiency labelling
Welsh Government to introduce a bill banning single use plastics
Government Updates its guidance on plastic packaging tax
Government Announces Net Zero Target Review, issues call for evidence and extends deadline to respond to Climate Change Committee’s annual progress report
Public consultation on applications for UK REACH authorisation
UK Government announces end to fracking ban in England
European Commission consults on new hazard classes for chemicals under classification, labelling and packaging legislation
European Commission adopts new rules on recycled plastics in contact with food
NGOs start several legal actions on taxonomy criteria classifying bio-energy and gas as sustainable activities.
New regulation open for consultation to introduce new governance rules for European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’)
European Commission outlines priorities for the year ahead in the State of the Union speech
