Decommissioning Plan meaning

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Across both advanced and developing nations, the commerce in falsified medicinal products is a global problem. The labels ‘falsified medicines’ and ‘counterfeit medicines’ must not be conflated—falsified medicines are fake items crafted to imitate genuine treatments, while counterfeit medicines are those that breach trade marks or other intellectual property rights. This Practice Note reviews the regulatory changes introduced by Directive 2011/62/EU on preventing the entry of falsified medicinal products into the legitimate supply chain (the Falsified Medicines Directive, FMD), aimed at addressing the growing incidence of falsified medicines. It first explains the meaning of ‘falsified medicinal product’, then outlines the FMD’s measures, including: tighter oversight of active substances duties placed on participants within the supply chain safety features added to medicinal product packaging a common logo for websites that sell medicinal products This Practice Note also sets out an overview of the EU and UK frameworks on falsified medicines. EU regulatory framework—Falsified Medicines Directive The FMD recognises a...

Commercial Property Standard Enquiries The Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE) are the recognised pre-contract enquiries for commercial property transactions: CPSE.1: Core enquiries for all transactions CPSE.2: Where the property is subject to commercial tenancies CPSE.3: On the grant of a new lease CPSE.4: On assignment of a leasehold CPSE.5: Before surrender of a rack rent lease CPSE.6: Where residential tenancies exist CPSE.7: Short-form enquiries for any transaction Several CPSE address environmental issues across the forms. Solicitors should note environmental, health and safety and planning matters and may raise additional enquiries. Additional environmental enquiries Land contamination: Known contamination, pollution, landfills, prior clean-up or remediation duties? Any environmental reports? Any underground storage tanks (USTs) now or previously? Give sizes, contents, dates, phase 2 and wetstock records If tanks were decommissioned or removed, provide reports and correspondence on investigations, remediation and decommissioning/removal Have planning conditions for...

Decommissioning security agreements Oil and gas operators are expected to restore the seabed to its original state (subject to limited exceptions) by permanently removing installations and/or infrastructure and securing wells. As decommissioning occurs once an asset no longer earns revenue, those primarily responsible prefund a dedicated trust so money is available when required, whether or not the contributor still exists then. Such trusts are created by a decommissioning security agreement (DSA), a contract between two or more parties that obliges one party to establish a trust in favour of another party or parties for future decommissioning costs. The trust will hold cash or other security and is usually administered by an independent trustee. For more on decommissioning, see these Practice Notes: Decommissioning—International Law and UK Government Policy Decommissioning—legislative background Decommissioning—planning for decommissioning Decommissioning—types of decommissioning contracts Types of DSA Bilaterial or field-wide? A bilaterial DSA is usually put in place when a company sells its interest in a developed...