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:
- Logistics company fined for exposing staff to asbestos.
- Two companies fined after worker is crushed.
- Public owner of residential flats could be liable for up to £20 million in fire remediation costs.
- UK Conformity Assessment (UKCA): Government shows flexibility on product marking rules.
- Bill of Rights will resume its passage through Parliament.
- Energy company receives fine for anti-bribery and corruption offences.
- The concept of "piercing the corporate veil" not relevant to individuals sentenced for conniving in the commission of a corporate offence.
- Individuals under investigation should be anonymised in the sentencing of a company.
- Environment Agency (EA) enforcement undertakings and civil sanctions update.
- The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) delays publication of new targets under Environment Act 2021.
- Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill passes through the House of Lords committee stage.
- DEFRA releases guidance on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) exemptions.
- EA published 2021 data on regulated businesses in England.
- UK Environment Secretary’s ambition for UK to end plastic pollution by 2040.
- DEFRA announces 3 year extension to UK REACH deadlines for transitional registrations.
- HSE approves first chemical authorisation application wholly made under UK REACH.
- Key outcomes of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on plastic waste proposes ban on export.
- DEFRA publishes legislation for data submission requirements under extended producer responsibility (EPR) reforms.
- Government requests information as it considers listings and exemptions for three chemical substances proposed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
- Two national investigations opened into potential water industry permit breaches.
- Climate task forces publish disclosure frameworks for consultation.
- Impact assessment for the "Brexit Freedoms Bill" is “not fit for purpose”, and government provides details of retained EU law dashboard.
- Recommendations for net-zero commitments published by the United Nations (“UN”) in report.
- European Parliament votes to adopt proposal for Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting.
- ECHA launches enforcement project on imported substances.
- EU Court annuls Commission’s classification and labelling of titanium dioxide as a carcinogenic.
- Revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) leaked from the Commission (again).
- Commission’s framework for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics.
