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In a climate of global uncertainty fuelled by geo-economic tensions and supply chain issues linked to the pandemic, the French Presidency of the European Union is pressing ahead with trade initiatives designed to enhance the EU's "open strategic autonomy".

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), introduced by EU Regulation 2023/956, is the first mechanism of its kind that aims to decarbonize the most energy-intensive sectors, while also addressing the risk of carbon leakage.

De afdeling Wetgeving van de Raad van State had op 22 januari 2024 een kritisch advies overgemaakt over de amendementen nrs. 1 t.e.m. 10 op het voorstel van Vlaams stikstofdecreet.

The European Commission has launched a public feedback period on revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards that would dramatically reduce mandatory ESG disclosures by over 60% while maintaining double materiality requirements.

COP27 was concluded on 18 November 2022 after two weeks of negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt with the presence of leaders and representatives from 190 countries.

On May 28, 2018, the European Commission ("Commission") published its Proposal for a Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment ("Proposal").

Nearly three years after relaxing the conditions for companies to seek informal guidance on the compatibility of their collaboration agreements with EU competition law, the European Commission...

The Regulation is meant to complement previous emergency measures in order to accelerate the transition to green energy.

The Deforestation Regulationentered into force on 29 June 2023. The regulation is part of a broader action plan to tackle deforestation and forest degradation...

The European Commission has launched a public feedback period on revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards that would dramatically reduce mandatory data points by over 60% and reporting costs by more than 30%.

Introduced by the European Commission (the "Commission") in March 2023, the EU Green Claims Directive (the "GCD") seeks to establish clear criteria for substantiating environmental claims.

At a time when consumers have become increasingly aware of sustainability issues, it is sometimes difficult to find one's way through the various green claims and environmental labels.

On 21 February 2025, the EU Commission adopted Regulation (EU) 2025/351, the so-called 19th Amendment to the Plastics Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 10/2011)...

In what could become one of the most far-reaching chemical bans in EU history, five European States — Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Germany — have jointly proposed restricting more than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") under the Regulation 1907/2006 ("REACH").