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31. March 2022

Cyber Resilience Act – EU starts public consultation

Already last year, the EU announced the creation of a Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), as so far no sufficient legal framework exists that anchors specific cyber security requirements for the entire life cycle of a digital product. The proposed legislation serves to strengthen consumer protection and the EU’s competitiveness in the area of digitalisation (of products).

25. March 2022 Michael Öttinger

Draft European Battery Regulation – General Approach of the Council

On 17.03.2022, after long negotiations the Council of the European Union, chaired by France, adopted its general approach on the Commission’s draft European Battery Regulation. This means that the trilogue negotiations between the institutions involved in the legislative process can now begin.

16. March 2022 Michael Öttinger

Draft European Battery Regulation – first reading in the EU-Parliament

On 10.03.2022, the draft of a European battery regulation has taken a decisive hurdle with the 1st reading in the EU Parliament. Nevertheless, a quick conclusion of the legislative process is not to be expected at all, as the plenary of the EU Parliament adopted with a large majority a total of no less than 489 (!) amendments. These will now be forwarded to the EU Commission, the Council and the national parliaments as a position for further negotiations in the course of the legislative process.

24. February 2022 Michael Öttinger

European Commission has published a Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

After several delays, the European Commission published its long-awaited draft on corporate sustainability due diligence in the supply chain with regard to human rights and environmental concerns on 23.02. 2022. This means that the legislative process in this regard has now been initiated and the discussions both in Germany and throughout the EU will continue to gather momentum.

24. January 2022 Dr. Florian Niermeier

What’s changing in 2022: product-related civil and competition law

The year 2022 will bring numerous legal changes for affected economic actors in all areas of law in which we specialize as Produktkanzlei. This article focuses on essential new regulations product-related civil and competition law.

19. January 2022 Martin Ahlhaus

What’s changing in 2022: Chemicals law

17. January 2022 Dr. Boris Handorn

What’s changing in 2022: Life Sciences

12. January 2022 Dr. Gerhard Wiebe

What’s changing in 2022: Product-related IT and AI regulation and Product Liability Law

The year 2022 will bring numerous legal changes for affected economic actors in all areas of law in which we specialize as Produktkanzlei. This article focuses on product-related IT and AI regulation as well as product liability law.

11. January 2022 Dr. Carsten Schucht

What’s changing in 2022: Product safety law

The year 2022 will bring numerous legal changes for affected economic actors in all areas of law in which we specialize as Produktkanzlei. This article is related to product safety law.

7. January 2022 Michael Öttinger

What’s changing in 2022: product-related environmental law and supply chain regulation

The year 2022 will bring numerous legal changes for affected business actors in all areas of law in which we specialize as Produktkanzlei. This post marks the start of a series of blog posts entitled “What’s changing in 2022”, in which the respective experts from the Produktkanzlei team summarize the relevant topics from their field in an overview format.