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This timeline outlines key developments relating to the Capital Requirements Directive IV (Directive 2013/36/EU) (CRD IV) and the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) 575/2013 (EU CRR) from January 2024 onwards. For earlier developments, see: Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV) and Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)-timeline [Archived]. 2026 8 May 2026 - EBA The EBA consults on amendments to the RTS on the assignment of risk weights to specialised lending exposures under the Supervisory Slotting Criteria Approach. Consultation on Regulatory technical standards on specialised lending exposures. The European Banking Authority (EBA) is seeking views on proposed changes to its regulatory technical standards (RTS) governing how risk weights are allocated to specialised lending under the Supervisory Slotting Criteria Approach (SSCA). The update reflects revisions introduced by the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) 2024/1623 (EU CRR3) and is intended to improve the framework’s risk sensitivity, clarity and usability. Collectively, the RTS pursue a harmonised and sound prudential treatment of specialised lending exposures under the SSCA...

This timeline outlines major milestones in the UK’s consumer credit framework. For earlier milestones, see: Consumer credit—timeline (2011–2023) [Archived]. 2026 24 March 2026 — FCA — Timing of the FCA’s motor finance announcement The Financial Conduct Authority confirmed it will outline its approach to motor finance redress shortly after markets close on Monday 30 March 2026, following an October 2025 consultation on a compensation scheme. 17 March 2026 — FCA — Regulatory priorities: Consumer finance report The FCA has issued its 2026 Regulatory priorities: Consumer finance report, emphasising access to credit, assistance for consumers facing financial difficulty, and effective complaints handling. For further details see: FCA outlines 2026 regulatory priorities for consumer finance. 4 March 2026 — FCA — Motor finance compensation scheme to include implementation period The FCA has released a webpage on its proposed compensation scheme for motor...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Contamination and pollution Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR)-UK government publishes Business Model documentation On 27 August 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) released a suite of papers on its proposed Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) Business Model and accompanying policy. The Lexis+ Energy team, working with Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, set out the context for the GGR Business Model; its relationship with the Power BECCS Business Model; the technologies the GGR framework intends to encompass; its legal footing and principal features; and how...

In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental permits and consents Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Air emissions and climate change DESNZ releases quarterly waste data reporting template for the UK ETS. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has issued a template for quarterly waste data submissions under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS). It is designed for waste operators to use when sending quarterly data reports to their regulator during the voluntary monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) period. See: LNB News 19/02/2026 50. AFME responds to European Commission consultation on climate resilience legislative framework. The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has provided...

In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Networks and network connections Air emissions, efficiency and climate change Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem consults on gas transporter licence metering duties Ofgem has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the Gas Transporter Licence held by National Grid Gas Plc, addressing metering obligations within the Standard Special and Special Conditions, several of which are scheduled to sunset on 31 December 2024. The consultation closes on 2 September 2024. See: LNB News 06/08/2024 4. Ofgem decision on ESO RIGs and RRPs for RIIO-2 Ofgem has confirmed its decision on updated versions of National Grid Electricity System Operator Limited’s Regulatory Instructions and Guidance and Regulatory Reporting Pack for RIIO-2. The updates account for costs linked to New Roles, the Future System Operation transition, National Grid payments, and the...

Resource Note This Resource Note signposts key commentary, analysis and materials to aid interpretation and offer practical direction on using Chapter 2 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR 2). Where relevant, it draws on: the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook FCA Knowledge Base—Procedural and Technical notes (formal guidance binding on the FCA) FCA consultation and discussion papers, policy and feedback statements, and warnings Primary Market Bulletins and other FCA publications legacy UKLA technical and procedural notes and the UKLA’s newsletter List!, where still pertinent assimilated EU legislation EU Directives and EU Regulations, where helpful to construing a provision Lexis+® UK analysis and resources Setting the scene What it covers: DTR 2 prescribes the framework for issuers to disclose and manage inside information, supporting timely and even-handed release of market-sensitive information. It also identifies specific situations permitting a delay to public disclosure of inside information, together with the safeguards required to keep such information...

This Practice Note examines the Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)’s supervisory expectations for banks and insurers in managing climate‑related financial risks, as articulated in supervisory statement SS3/19 (updated November 2024), alongside the related policy statement PS11/19. Background and introduction On 15 April 2019, the PRA issued PS11/19: Enhancing banks’ and insurers’ approaches to managing the financial risks from climate change, which summarised responses to consultation paper CP23/18 and included the final SS3/19 setting out the PRA’s expectations. The PRA observed that climate change, and society’s response to it, generate financial risks relevant to its objectives and, although such risks may fully emerge over longer horizons, they are already starting to be seen. SS3/19 set the expectation that firms take a strategic approach to climate‑related risk management, identifying present exposures and plausible future risks, and implementing suitable measures to mitigate them. A revised SS3/19, updated to reflect PS15/24—Review of Solvency II: Restatement of assimilated law, was published on 15 November 2024. The PRA’s...

What standard forms are available? While take-up in the private sector is still modest, the government advocates the use of project bank accounts on public sector construction schemes. See Practice Note: Introduction to project bank accounts. In light of this, JCT, NEC and PPC2000 have each released standard form documentation. This Practice Note examines their respective approaches and the stand-out characteristics of these documents/clauses. JCT JCT first launched its Project Bank Account Documentation in 2010. It was reissued within the JCT 2011, 2016 and 2024 suites, with no material textual alterations. The 2011 edition contained a consultation exercise report; in the 2016 and 2024 editions this was superseded by guidance notes. A Scottish edition was brought out by the SBCC in February 2023. These publications reflect continuity of content across the successive suites and editions over time. The 2024 materials are intended to facilitate establishment of a project bank account, and consist of three components: Project Bank Account Agreement (PBA) JCT Joining Agreement...

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