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In this issue: Air emissions and climate change Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Energy for environmental lawyers ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Key developments and materials Marine Waste producer responsibility regimes Wildlife, biodiversity and habitat conservation LexTalk Environment: a Lexis Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Useful information Air emissions and climate change DESNZ has released the government’s response to the consultation on regulatory proposals for the CCUS transport and storage Revenue Support Agreement counterparty direction. The CO2 T&S business model aims to catalyse early carbon capture, transport and storage networks by providing revenue support. The response confirms it is suitable to move forward with regulations concerning the Secretary of State’s power to direct a counterparty to make an offer to contract. See: LNB News 29/02/2024 40. DESNZ has also opened a call for evidence to inform a future policy framework for...

In this issue: Commercial Competition and state aid Corporate Data protection and cyber security Dispute Resolution Financial services Energy Environment IP Life sciences Regulatory TMT International trade LexTalk®EU Law: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Trackers Commercial European Parliament adopts text to establish EU-wide digital wallet The European Parliament has approved the text of a proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (the eIDAS Regulation) to create a European Digital Identity framework, building on the 2023 provisional deal struck with the Council of the EU on a pan-European digital identity scheme. Use of the EU wallet will be optional. During the talks, MEPs won safeguards to uphold individuals’ rights and to ensure inclusion by preventing any disadvantage to those who choose not to adopt the wallet. The measure also ensures EU wallet holders can access free ‘qualified electronic signatures’, which...

Market studies Government responds to the CMA’s housebuilding market study; accepts many of the CMA’s recommendations The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has issued the Government’s reply to the CMA’s recommendations set out in the final report of its housebuilding market study undertaken. The CMA concluded that outcomes for consumers in housebuilding are falling short, and proposed a range of measures to tackle problems linked to the private stewardship of public facilities on new estates, the standard of newly built homes, and the service delivered by housebuilders, and how best to resolve them. The Government has welcomed the CMA’s findings and endorsed the conclusions, expressing a resolve to deliver better results across the housebuilding market...

CASE HUB ARCHIVED This archived case hub sets out the status as at the decision date of 9 May 2023; it is not being updated. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline of the UK merger investigation into the anticipated acquisition by Viasat, Inc. of Inmarsat Group Holdings Limited. The deal features horizontal overlaps in the supply of in-flight connectivity for aircraft. Latest developments On 9 May 2023, the CMA published its final report, granting unconditional approval. It found that although the firms are close competitors (notably in supplying wi-fi connectivity on board flights), the deal would not lessen competition for services on flights used by UK customers because: (i) the satellite industry is growing quickly and changing in response to rising demand for satellite connectivity, largely fuelled by ever-increasing internet use by businesses and consumers; and (ii) the merged firm would face cumulative constraints from other competitors, including several new operators entering or intending to enter the market and established players that are also investing...

ARCHIVED : This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained . Purpose In late November 2016, the European Commission formally issued a Communication titled ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ as part of the Energy Union, intended to support and accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy (see Practice Note: EU 2050 low-carbon economy—snapshot). The Clean Energy Package—also referred to as the EU ‘Winter Package’ or ‘Winter Energy Package’—brought forward eight new legislative measures, designed to comprehensively reshape the electricity market, in practice, bolster security of energy supply, set governance rules and frameworks for the Energy Union, put energy efficiency first, secure global leadership in renewables, on a global stage, and ensure a fair deal for consumers. The Energy Union, one of the Juncker Commission’s ten priorities, long served as the EU’s principal vehicle for, and contribution to, a comprehensive, worldwide move towards a low-carbon economy. Then, as now, indeed, the Commission sought EU leadership of the clean energy transition, viewing the package as a chance to...

The EU glossary brings together and clarifies terms regularly used in EU law. Blue economy The European Union’s blue economy covers all activities and sectors linked to oceans, seas and coastlines, whether operating directly in the marine environment (eg shipping, seafood, energy production) or on land (eg ports, shipyards, coastal infrastructures). Circular Economy Action Plan In March 2020, under the European Green Deal, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP). The CEAP seeks to: make sustainable products the norm across the EU prioritise sectors likely to be highly affected by circularity, such as construction and buildings, batteries and vehicles, water, packaging, plastics, batteries, electronics empower consumers and public procurers cut waste For further details on the CEAP, see News Analysis: New circular economy action plan published, Sustainable products and supply chains (EU Law)—overview and Practice Note: EU Environment—horizon scanner, which covers key new and upcoming EU legislation and consultations relating to waste regulation,...