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3 weeks ago | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Irene Villora Esteve |Lucía Turrado |Marta Martinez |Marta Martínez |Maria Miguel
On March 25, 2025, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill to implement Directive (EU) 2024/1226 on the definition of criminal offenses and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures and amending Directive (EU) 2018/1673(“Draft Bill” and “Directive”, respectively). The Directive established minimum Member State requirements concerning the definition of criminal offenses and penalties for the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions.
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3 weeks ago | 
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Irene Villora Esteve |Lucía Turrado |Marta Martinez |Marta Martínez |Maria Miguel
On March 25, 2025, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill to implement Directive (EU) 2024/1226 on the definition of criminal offenses and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures and amending Directive (EU) 2018/1673(“Draft Bill” and “Directive”, respectively). The Directive established minimum Member State requirements concerning the definition of criminal offenses and penalties for the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Angela Gonzalez
The Spanish legal framework on packaging and packaging waste that entered into force in December 2022 substantially modified the regulation of packaging and packaging waste in an effort to implement a circular economy in Spain. Most of the obligations have already entered into force. However, certain marking and information obligations will enter into force on 1 January 2025.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Adrià Masip
In brief The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that Article 6a(1) and (2) of Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers ("Directive 98/6") must be interpreted as meaning that a price reduction of a product announced by a trader in the form of a percentage, or in the form of a promotional statement intended to highlight the advantageous nature of...
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Inés Derraz
On 28 June 2024, the European Ecodesign Regulation (2024/1781/EU) (“Ecodesign Regulation“) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 18 July 2024. This Regulation means a radical change in the manufacturing method of a wide variety of products and directly affects the supply chain of all those companies that intend to introduce products into the European Union.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Inés Derraz
In briefOn 28 June 2024, the European Ecodesign Regulation (2024/1781/EU) ("Ecodesign Regulation") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 18 July 2024. This Regulation means a radical change in the manufacturing method of a wide variety of products and directly affects the supply chain of all those companies that intend to introduce products into the European Union.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Mario Cigno |William-James Kettlewell |Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Franz Kaps |Laila Kouchi | +1 more
In brief As part of the European Union (EU)’s European Green Deal, one of the areas of EU law that has developed most rapidly and profoundly is that relating to corporate sustainability governance. Most recently, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CS3D”), has been provisionally agreed at a political level in December 2023, and confirmed by COREPER in a revised version in March 2024. An overview of this text is available here.
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Jan 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Inés Derraz
In briefThe textile sector has been increasingly under the spotlight due to its growing production and high-polluting potential. With one year left before the obligations of the extended producer responsibility regime may become enforceable for textile companies in Spain, and with more stringent European regulations just around the corner, textile companies will see their entire supply chain and business model affected as a result of these upcoming regulations.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
globalcompliancenews.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve |Angela Gonzalez
In briefThe Spanish Registry of Food Contracts has become fully operative on 30 June 2023, which means that, as of that date, operators are obliged to register all food contracts concluded with primary producers, as well as their amendments.
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Feb 24, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Elisabet Cots |Irene Villora Esteve
In briefThe long-awaited Law 2/2023, of 20 February 2023, regulating the protection of persons who report regulatory infringements and the fight against corruption, was finally was published on 21 February 2023 and will enter into force on 13 March 2023 (the "Law"). The so-called "Whistleblowing Law", has transposed the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2019, on the protection of persons who report breaches of European Union ("EU") law.
