Kategorie: Compliance
Regulation on the prohibition of products made with forced labour
On 19 November 2024, the EU Council adopted a regulation banning products from forced labour on the EU market[1] . Although we live in the 21st century, a century of enormous advances in technology, artificial intelligence, and a meteoric rise in living standards worldwide, our Western society is also facing a phenomenon that many would …
Read moreGeneral Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) – what does it bring?
As of 13 December 2024, the new Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on general product safety (the “Regulation”; the text of the Regulation is available here), also known as the GPSR (General Product Safety Regulation), comes into force as a new instrument for ensuring the safety …
Read morePay Transparency Directive – what will it bring?
Promoting equality between men and women and combating discriminatory treatment in general is one of the fundamental pillars of an advanced democratic society and one of the stated objectives of the European Union. Expressions of the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination can be found across the founding treaties of the European Union, in the …
Read moreEUDR – Deforestation Regulation
Deforestation and forest degradation contribute to the global climate crisis in many ways. Together, they increase greenhouse gas emissions through associated forest fires, permanently remove carbon storage capacity, reduce the resilience of the area concerned with climate change, and significantly reduce its biodiversity and resistance to disease and harmful organisms. This is also why the …
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