Our Environmental, Safety & Health team is pleased to share with you the latest edition of our 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. Take a moment to reflect on the key developments from January to March 2025.
The updates covered in this edition include (among others):
- Water (Special Measures) Bill Receives Royal Assent
- Mandatory Digital Waste Tracking Delayed to April 2026
- Compliance Assessment Reports to be Made Public
- Defra and Devolved Nations Publish Pesticides Action Plan for the UK
- Health and Safety Executive Publishes New UK REACH Work Programme Describing Operational Work Planned for 2024/2025
- PackUK Becomes Scheme Administrator For Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) Scheme
- Kick-off Discussions on the Future Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and Energy Labelling 1st Working Plan
- Call For Evidence on Cosmetic Products Regulation revision
- New EU Targets to Reduce Food Waste and Rules on Extended Producer Responsibility for Textile Products and Footwear
- New EU Restrictions on BPA and Hazardous Bisphenols in Food Contact Articles
- Omnibus Package Proposal: Commission Publishes First Omnibus Package
- Simplifying and Strengthening EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
- Commission Introduces Clean Industrial Deal
- N-hexane added to Substance of Very High Concern intentions list
- EU and UK PFAS updates
- EU Titanium Dioxide Case – Advocate General (AG) Ćapeta’s Opinion
- ECHA Assumes New Role to Improve the Chemical Safety of Packaging
- Publication of Community Rolling Action Plan
- HSE to Focus on Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
- Martyn’s Law Receives Royal Assent
- Significant Fines From the Health and Safety Executive
- Regulation (EU) 2025/351 amending multiple food contact materials (FCM) regulations (Plastic, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Recycling)
- Food Authenticity Network (FAN) Global Food Fraud Report 2024 Published
