The transport sector is especially important for reducing worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.

The unprecedented economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is severely impacting the electricity sector, with demand falling as much as 20 % in certain cases...

Nearly all ingredients in cosmetic products are regulated as industrial chemicals under the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 (Cth) (the IC(NA) Act).

Welcome to our to the point newsletter. Every month we look back at the most relevant developments in the area of financial regulation in the CEE region.

The European Union's hydrogen market faces a critical juncture as policymakers balance ambitious renewable energy targets with complex regulatory frameworks that have slowed investment. Recent policy signals from Brussels and Vienna indicate a strategic recalibration—the EU Commission has announced a targeted review of RFNBO production criteria while simultaneously launching new funding mechanisms and infrastructure initiatives.

Am 12.01.2024 ist der Entwurf des neuen Elektrizitätswirtschaftsgesetzes (ElWG-Entwurf) in Begutachtung gegangen. Das ElWG wird das in die Jahre gekommene ElWOG 2010 ersetzen.

Austria is a federal state. Therefore, governmental responsibilities are shared between two levels of territorial authority: the Federal Government and the nine Provinces.

When it comes to clearing a path in a forest to construct and operate an overhead electrical power line, electricity grid operators face various legal issues.

Marktprämien und Investitionszuschüsse sollen zur Zielerreichung beitragen.

On 22 January 2014, the European Commission has issued a Communication on the exploration and production of hydrocarbons using high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the EU (the Communication) and Recommendations on minimum principles for the exploration and production of such hydrocarbons (the Recommendations).

In Schönherr's Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz Infocorner werden die wesentlichen Eckpunkte des EAG-Pakets dargestellt und praxisrelevante Rechtsfragen behandelt.

When we started our NFT self-experiment, it did not take long before questions relating to energy consumption came up.

In the Legal Insights edition of 18 March 2013, we presented the potential changes to the Romanian renewable energy scheme, resulting from an unofficial working draft Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) circulated on the market.

Eine Novellierung des UVP-G1 wurde vom BMK2 bereits seit längerem angekündigt. Nunmehr schickte das BMK den Novellenentwurf bis zum 19.09.2022 in Begutachtung.

Der mit Spannung erwartete Begutachtungsentwurf des Bundesgesetzes über den Ausbau von Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen (Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz – EAG) enthält ua ...

What remains of the "class theory" following the ECJ's 1 July 2015 (C-461/13) ruling with regard to the "no-deterioration" clause?

Anstelle von bislang gewährten fixen Einspeisetarifen wird im EAG auf Marktprämien gesetzt, die zur stärkeren Marktintegration der Erzeugungsanlagen führen sollen.

In Schönherr's Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz Infocorner werden die wesentlichen Eckpunkte des EAG-Pakets dargestellt und praxisrelevante Rechtsfragen behandelt.

Schoenherr is pleased to announce the release of its first Regulatory Newsletter. We have created the newsletter to provide stakeholders and clients from different industries with regular updates on regulatory issues, such as new developments in the fields of environmental and energy law, TMT, life sciences and public procurement law.

Im September 2020 wurde der Entwurf eines Bundesgesetzes über den Ausbau von Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen ("EAG-Entwurf") in Begutachtung geschickt.