Lourdes Catrain

Oct 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Lourdes Catrain

[co-author: Kacper Maksymczuk]On 10 October 2024, the new EU sanctions framework against Russia will come into force. Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 introduces new restrictive measures against Russia in response to its destabilising activities against the EU and EU Member States. The regime is designed to respond to Russia’s campaign of hybrid activities against the EU and its Member States. On 10 October 2024, the new EU sanctions framework against Russia will come into force.

Apr 25, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Lourdes Catrain |Christelle Coslin |Margaux Renard

UpdateOn 23 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the EU Forced Labour Import Ban with 555 votes in favour, 6 votes against and 45 abstentions. Under this regulation, the EU prohibits the sale, import, and export of any product or parts thereof made with forced labour regardless of their origin and processing stage (i.e. extraction, harvest, production, manufacture, or processing).

Apr 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Christelle Coslin |Christian Ritz |Lourdes Catrain |Margaux Renard |Félix Werner

The last plenary session of the European Parliament – in its current composition before the next elections in June – took place from 22 to 25 April 2024. The session resulted in major developments, which will significantly shape the future of the business and human rights landscape, with the adoption of the regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (the "EU Forced Labour Import Ban") and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the "CS3D").

Feb 21, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Lourdes Catrain |Owen Chan |Christelle Coslin

Suppliers and contractors from China: The panacea for the capacity problems and price increases in the European offshore wind market? The European offshore wind nations – similar to many other nations worldwide – have very recently increased their offshore wind development targets drastically, from the at least 60 GW goal as set out in the EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy back in November 2020 to an overall goal of installing about 111 GW of offshore renewable generation capacity by 2030.

Nov 2, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Zachary Alvarez |Tim Bergreen |Lourdes Catrain

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