On 30 June 2026, the European Commission issued its Guidelines on the Forced Labour Regulation (FLR). The Guidelines were accompanied by the launch of an online information portal which is aimed at helping companies to prepare for the application of the rules. Despite the fact that competent authorities were expected to already have been announced
On 12 December 2024, the Forced Labour Regulation (FLR) was published prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. This is the definitive and legally binding version of the FLR.
As detailed in an earlier client insight, the prohibition on products made with forced labour, as set out in the FLR
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behavior in companies’ operations across their global value chains. This is to ensure adverse human rights and environmental impacts are scoped and addressed both inside and outside Europe. The harmonised legal framework in the EU seeks to create legal certainty and