The proposed restriction of PFAS across the EU continues to progress and could potentially impact various sectors, including for example aerospace and defence, automotive, aviation, food contact materials, textiles, leather and apparel, construction and household products, electronics, firefighting, food processing, and medical articles.

Directive 2005/33 which deals with sulphur content of marine fuel demonstrates the increasing regulation regarding ship emissions and more stringent control for ship owners within the EU.

On November 14th last it became public knowledge that the EU Nitrates Committee had approved a derogation to the annual amount of livestock manure applied to land established in the Nitrates Directive for Ireland.

We looked at ongoing UK litigation about the extent to which a collateral warranty may be considered to be a construction contract for the purpose of referring a dispute to adjudication:

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published an update to its universal PFAS restriction proposal, which is intended to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH.

The European Council and Parliament have agreed to update the lists of ground and surface water pollutants under the Water Framework Directive...

The package proposes to streamline safety assessments of chemicals across EU legislation by optimising the work of EU agencies involved and creating a common data platform on chemicals.

The European Council has agreed to a proposal to set a binding target of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2040.