Rachel MacLeod
Baker McKenzie
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Deadline for UKCA marking extended by two years
United Kingdom - November 17 2022 On 14 November, the UK Government confirmed that it would continue to recognise the CE marking in Great Britain for another two years (until 31…
United Kingdom: Update to UKCA marking transition
European Union, United Kingdom - August 16 2022 At the end of last month the UK government announced a range of proposed measures to ease the transition to the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA)…
European Union: Wide-reaching proposals to make products more sustainable and protect consumers from greenwashing
European Union - April 20 2022 On 30 March 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") presented an expansive package of European Green Deal proposals ("Package") to make…
UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax enters into force
United Kingdom - April 4 2022 The UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax (“PPT“) that has taken effect on 1 April 2022 and applies to plastic packaging in the UK that contains less than 30%…
Adeel Haque, Rini Rashad, Jennifer F. Revis, Graham J. Stuart
EU Commission Publishes Draft Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
European Union - February 25 2022 On 23 February 2022, the EU Commission published its proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence obligations, which aims to…
Alexander Ehrle, Adeel Haque, Graham J. Stuart, Anahita Thoms
