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  05/12/2024

  United Kingdom

  Increasing the GMC’s scope of regulation but at what cost?

  Background: reforms to regulatory frameworksThe UK’s healthcare regulatory landscape is currently undergoing significant change, with various reforms expected to improve how healthcare professionals are regulated. Central to these reforms is the inclusion of additional roles, such as Physician Associates (PAs) and Anaesthesia Associates (AAs), into the General Medical Council (GMC)’s scope of regulation.This shift aims to streamline the regulatory process, improve accountability, and ensure patient safety across the healthcare sector. However, as the GMC prepares to assume regulatory...

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  04/12/2024

  Italy

  EU Directive 2024/2853: the new product liability regime for defective products

  Last Nov. 18, 2024, Directive No. 2024/2853 on liability for defective products (“PLD” - Product Liability Directive) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, which EU member states must transpose by Dec. 09, 2026, and will apply to products placed on the market or put into service after that date.This directive responds to developments related to new technologies (primarily artificial intelligence), new circular economy business models, and issues related to the globalization of supply chains.Some of the main changes introduced by the PLD are:the broadening of the...

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  04/12/2024

  Czech Republic

  Adapting to change: navigating the flexible amendment to the Czech labour code

  The upcoming “flexible” amendment to the Labour Code will introduce significant changes to the Czech employment landscape in 2025. Although originally planned for January 2025, it is more likely that the amendment will not take effect until summer 2025. This amendment aims to create a more flexible, modern, and balanced work environment. As these changes will impact the core aspects of employment relationships, it’s time to buckle up and prepare for what lies ahead. Join us for our webinar on 21 January 2025, where we will guide you through these changes.Key ChangesProbation PeriodThe...

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  04/12/2024

  China

  A New Adventure for Wholly Foreign Invested Hospital

  1. Brief Summary of Development of Wholly Foreign-Invested Hospitals Regulations in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)Wholly foreign-invested hospitals have always been a sector under relatively strict regulation in the PRC, except for limited cases as pilots. One of the very first legal documents allowing foreign investors to set up wholly foreign invested hospitals is the Tentative Administrative Measures on Wholly Foreign Invested Medical Institutes of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zones issued on 13 November 2013. This regulation focuses on the procedures and conditions...

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  04/12/2024

  Hungary

  Hungary to introduce new statistical classification for economic activities on 1 January 2025

  As of 1 January 2025, a new version of the statistical industrial classification of activities (NACE’25) will replace the currently applicable classification system (NACE’08). The change was mandated by EU legislation, and as a result from 1 January 2025 economic activities pursued by Hungarian companies must be classified according to the new NACE’25.Hungary’s parliament has just adopted the act outlining the obligations of Hungarian companies regarding the upcoming changes to the activity-classification system specified below.Until 31 January 2025, the National Tax and...

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  03/12/2024

  England

  High street rental auctions - non-statutory guidance published

  SummaryFollowing the coming into force of the legislation for high street rental auctions on 2 December 2024, the Government has now published its non-statutory guidance on the operation of this new regime. Property owners will be interested to see the detail of and approach to high street rental auctions, which may have an adverse impact on their control of vacant commercial premises on the high street.Detailed guidance on high street rental auctions[1]In our Law-Now Compulsory powers to take control of empty high street properties we commented on the new regulations for high street rental auctions...

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