Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (“PPWR”) entered into force on 11 February 2025 and will apply progressively, with its main obligations becoming applicable from 12 August 2026. As businesses across the packaging value chain prepare for implementation, the European Commission published, on 30 March 2026, its long-awaited guidance document (“Guidance”) together with a Frequently Asked Questions document (“FAQs”) providing further insight into how key provisions of the PPWR are expected to be…
On 13 March 2024, the European Council and European Parliament agreed the final text of the proposed EU Forced Labour Regulation (“Regulation“). This follows negotiations between the EU Council and Parliament which took place on 22 January 2024 and the European Council and European Parliament reaching a provisional agreement on the Regulation on 5 March 2024. The European Commission had initially proposed the Regulation on 14 September 2022. For information on the key similarities and differences between the existing US…