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In this issue Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Nuclear energy Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy LexTalk®Energy: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Ofgem has confirmed changes to the Regulatory Financial Performance Reporting (RFPR) template and guidance for RIIO‑2, intended to sharpen and clarify what network licensees must report. The revisions apply from 28 June 2024 and follow Ofgem’s earlier notice proposing amendments to the RFPR template and guidance for RIIO‑2. See: LNB News 01/07/2024 9. Electricity Code Modifications: National Grid ESO’s Modification Tracker now brings together all live changes to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC), the Grid Code (GD), the System Owner -Transmission Owner Code (STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard (SQSS). The tracker outlines each proposal’s purpose, the stakeholders impacted, Panel views...

In this issue: Key developments and materials Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Renewable energy Energy disputes Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Key developments and materials RICS comments on political parties’ plans for the housing sector The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has reviewed the general election manifestos of several political parties as they relate to housing, including proposals on energy efficiency and decarbonisation. The RICS overview spans the Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour, Green and Reform parties. See: LNB News 18/06/2024 25. Source: UK General Election 2024: What it means for housing. Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications Information on all live modifications to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC), the Grid Code (GD), the System Owner -Transmission Owner Code (STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard (SQSS) is now brought together on National...

In this issue: Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Oil and gas Air emissions, efficiency, and climate change International energy Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Electricity and gas market regulation and licensing Electricity Code Modifications All live changes to the Connection and Use of System Code (CUSC), the Grid Code (GD), the System Owner -Transmission Owner Code (STC) and the Security and Quality Supply Standard (SQSS) are collated on National Grid ESO’s Modification Tracker. The tracker outlines the aim of each modification, identifies the stakeholders impacted, includes Panel observations on prioritisation, and shows its position within the review process. For further details, see: Codes...

This Practice Note introduces supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and paediatric extensions (PEs) in the UK. It outlines the reasons for their creation, when and how to apply, and how long they run. It also reviews leading rulings on SPCs from the courts of England and Wales, together with UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) guidance on SPC procedure... It further surveys numerous references to the Court of Justice on the interpretation of Regulation (EC) 469/2009 and Regulation (EC) 1610/96, which regulate SPCs for medicinal products and plant protection products within the EU (and, before Brexit, in the UK). The resulting Court of Justice decisions have defined the scope of SPC protection across the EU and the UK. For guidance on whether Court of Justice rulings bind UK courts, see Practice Note: Assimilated law—Assimilated case law. For a discussion confined to the EU SPC regime, see Practice Note: Supplementary protection certificates and paediatric extensions—EU... Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) What is an SPC? An SPC prolongs the protection provided...

FORTHCOMING CHANGES : At Budget 2025, the government opted not to proceed with a single remote betting and gaming duty, reversing an earlier consultation proposal. The decision reflects the view that remote betting (staking on real‑world events with variable odds) and remote gaming (games of chance) have different features and differing levels of harm, and so warrant distinct tax treatments. Instead, the government confirmed it will: raise the remote gaming duty from 21% to 40% from 1 April 2026 to reflect the greater harm linked to remote gaming; and bring in a new 25% GBD rate for remote betting from 1 April 2027. Remote betting on UK horse racing will be excluded from the new rate, as will bets placed via self‑service betting terminals on licensed premises. These will continue to be taxed at 15%. The government also announced that: bingo duty will be abolished from 1 April 2026; and legislation will be introduced to close...

This Practice Note introduces supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and paediatric extensions (PEs) in the EU. It sets out why they were created, when and how to seek them, and their duration. It also reviews leading Court of Justice rulings interpreting Regulation (EC) 469/2009 and Regulation (EC) 1610/96, the regimes governing SPCs for medicinal products and plant protection products (PPPs) in the EU... Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) What is an SPC? An SPC continues the protection afforded by a patent for a specific medicinal or plant protection product for up to five years, subject to meeting defined criteria (see: Conditions for obtaining an SPC in an EU Member State below). It does not prolong the patent term for subject-matter beyond the SPC’s scope and is therefore not a ‘patent term extension’ in itself. The rights conferred by an SPC in relation to the product mirror those granted by the underlying patent. For further detail on patents, see Practice Note: Introduction to patents. An SPC is a national right...