Directive (EU) 2024/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regard empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection ...

Protection of whistleblowers has been on the EU’s agenda for quite some time. Four years ago the EU issued the EU Whistleblowing Directive throughout its Member States. While the initial December 17, ...

To address pay inequality between women and men, the European Union adopted a directive on pay transparency in May 2023. EU ...

EU countries are set to discuss whether to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians for another term, which would take the ...

A special committee specifically set up to scrutinise EU legislation has not been sent a single draft law by any Government department, in what was described as a “disturbing” approach to sovereign ...

The Council of the European Union approved the EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD) on Friday. The CSDDD introduces obligations for EU and non-EU companies related to ...

The economic policymaking agenda changes infrequently, but when it does it causes a global wave. In the 2000s, the topic du jour was global tax competition, that was often referred to as a “race to ...

The EU’s NIS 2, or Network and Information Security Directive 2, became enforceable by member states on Thursday. The rules impose tougher requirements on companies around their internal cyber ...

This is an Insight article, written by a selected contributor as part of WTR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Also considered are international treaties to which Germany is a contracting ...

On Friday 16 December, the Commission published its conclusions (Staff Working Document) on the 'Fitness Check' evaluation of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives, confirming that they were “fit for ...

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The EU directive's key takeaways The Due Diligence Directive is groundbreaking because it will require all 27 member countries of the EU—one of the world's largest markets—to regulate the human rights ...