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"The 21st century will be the century of space." With these words, Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, presented the draft for an EU Space Act on 25 June 2025.

The German government's Coalition Agreement of November 2021 sets ambitious targets for the further expansion of renewable energies. Even without the war in Ukraine, electricity prices have ...

With the GDPR entering into force, not only have data protection standards been raised EU-wide, but supervisory authorities have also been empowered to impose hefty fines to enforce these standards.

In the near future, due to new legal obligations or the expectations of their business partners, companies will increasingly have to prepare their own sustainability reports and publish them in some form.

Many providers in the German gambling market had high hopes for the year 2020. The long-awaited liberalisation of gaming regulations was about to finally begin.

The Data Act entered into force on 11 January 2024 and complements the Data Governance Act. Until now, discussions focused on the right to access data generated by connected products.

On 11 January 2024, the Data Act, new EU legislation to harmonise the regulation of the data economy, entered into force.

The turn of the year, with the Brexit transitional period ending, finally brought some clarity about the future of data flows between the EU and the UK.

In response to the increasing importance of sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, governance), many companies are currently dealing with the question of which of their departments...

The European Commission has been working on the realization of the digital single market since 2014. To this end, it has created a new area of law - "digital regulatory law".

On 27 August 2024, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) presented a draft law which aims to transpose the European Directive on Electricity Market Design ((EU)...

The long-awaited (partial) liberalization of German gambling law has taken place. The new German Interstate Treaty on Gambling (ISTG 2021) entered into force in July 2021...

On 30 November 2022, the German Federal Government officially decided to withdraw the country from the Energy Charter Treaty.

Bei dem EU-Listing Act handelt es sich um ein Gesetzespaket (bestehend aus einer Verordnung und zwei Richtlinien), mit dem der europäische Gesetzgeber das Ziel verfolgt, ...

At the end of June, the German government presented a draft bill for the new Bundeswehr Planning and Procurement Acceleration Act (BwPBBG).

In recent years, the space tech industry has experienced a remarkable transformation, driven by a surge in investment and innovation in 'New Space' technologies, ...

In September 2023, the German Government presented a new Space Strategy setting out its goals and opportunities for space travel up until 2030.

In two decisions dated 17 September 2024 (case no. EnZR 57/23 and EnZR 58/23), the BGH recently ruled on the question of the balance sheet allocation in higher voltage levels in the event of an energy supplier default.

In part one of The ESG Collection covering current themes and topics high up on the ESG agenda for businesses, we're focusing on the environmental pillar of ESG.