The Council takes position on the ban of single-use plastics in tobacco products in its Draft positions for the 11th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
The COP11 will take place from 17 to 22 November 2025. The Council’s document is issued in response to
The European Parliament has rejected the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) mandate to enter trilogue negotiations on the Omnibus I Simplification Package, which seeks to revise the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The vote concluded with 309 in favour, 318 against, and 34 abstentions, revealing a rare
On 21 October 2025, the European Commission officially published a Proposal to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), as part of its broader simplification efforts. While the core timeline remains unchanged for most businesses, the proposal introduces targeted adjustments that could affect compliance strategies across the supply chain.
Contrary to
The Commission presented in a letter of 1 October its plan to de-prioritize the adoption of a series of secondary legislations, destined to implement or complement legislative acts adopted in the domain of financial services. These include acts of application of Directive (EU) 2022/2464 on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD).
While the Commission
Following its publication in the EU Official Journal on 17 October, Regulation (EU) 2025/2083 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the CBAM Regulation) entered into force on 20 October 2025. The Regulation was presented as part of the so-called “Omnibus I” legislative package.
This legislative procedure represents an example of a “straightforward” omnibus regulation, in contrast to
In December 2024, the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur, i.e. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) concluded negotiations on an EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement. The Agreement includes a Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter, as well as a Trade and Sustainable Development Annex. We have previously provided explanations on the sustainability aspects of
On 23 September 2025, European Commissioner for the Environment, Jessika Roswall, announced that the European Commission is considering a one-year delay to the entry into application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) 2023/1115 (EUDR), currently scheduled for 30 December 2025 for large and medium companies, and 30 June 2026 for small and micro-operators.
A formal
The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) released a draft bill (ministerial draft – Referentenentwurf) on 10 July 2025 concerning the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into German law. Notably, the proposal already reflects the changes resulting from the Stop the Clock Directive whichentered into force on April 17, 2025, without further