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The new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive (EU) 2024/2853), which entered into force on 8 December 2024, provides for a major...
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The European Union's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which came into force on 13 December 2024, marks a significant shift in...
Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety standards...
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PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ More than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used globally in industrial and consumer...
Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
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Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) passed the law already adopted by the German Parliament (Bundestag) to introduce a new...
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The European Union‘s updated Product Liability Directive (PLD), adopted by the European Council today and expected to come into effect in...
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The OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards - the UK’s product safety regulator) proposed an overhaul of the UK’s current product...
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As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented rate, manufacturers are increasingly challenged to balance innovation with...
I. Introduction Manufacturers of consumer-facing products in the increasingly integrated European market operate in a complex...
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Introduction Following years of intense debate among EU institutions, the final compromise text of the new EU Product Liability...