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Proposal to strengthen French environmental liability law being discussed in upper house of French parliament

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 30 2013

On 17 April, the text of a legislative proposal concerning the liability of companies or individuals for environmental damage was discussed during a

How the Erika continues to shape French oil pollution legislation

  • Ince & Co LLP
  • -
  • France, Global
  • -
  • April 25 2013

On 12 December 1999, the oil tanker Erika sank off the coast of Brittany, leading to the contamination of more than 400km of coastline: one of the

Industrial engineering sector e-briefing: energy and environmental labelling and design requirements: the EU and France take action

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France
  • -
  • March 25 2013

The Energy Labelling Directive (Directive 201030) and various product specific EU Regulations control labelling requirements for energy-related

French government proposes broad environmental labelling requirement

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On 18 February 2013, French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Delphine Batho proposed environmental labelling across a wide

Soil pollution

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 31 2013

Decree n2013-5 dated 2 January 2013 published in the Official Journal of 4 January 2013 modifies the regulations applicable to classified

Suspension du permis d’environnement du Projet Rive Gauche

  • CMS DeBacker
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 25 2013

Dans son arrêt n 221.775 du 17 décembre 2012, le Conseil d’État a accueilli la demande de suspension de l’exécution du "permis d’environnement

France adopts legislation governing 201320 auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • November 13 2012

As previously described in The Climate Report, under the EU-ETS Directive, which established the European Union's cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions, as amended by Directive 200929EC of April 23, 2009, and to Regulation No. 10312010 of November 12, 2010, the auctioning of emission allowances becomes the rule for the 20132020 period, while their allocation for free will become the exception

Road map for ecological transition

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • November 7 2012

The French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy has recently published a Road map for ecological transition

French MEP feeds foie gras furor

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • France, USA
  • -
  • October 19 2012

French MEP Francoise Castex has reportedly condemned California’s statewide ban on the production and sale of any product that is “the result of force-feeding a bird for the purpose of enlarging its liver beyond normal size,” calling the prohibition on foie gras “a battle for Europe.”

Towards the introduction of the notion of environmental loss in the French Civil Code?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 15 2012

The Erika oil spill case has recently taken an unexpected turn following the filing by the Advocate General before the French Supreme Court of an Opinion recommending the quashing, without referral, of the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal of 30 March 2010