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  20/05/2025

  China

  A Glimpse into the Development of PRC Employment Law: Key Takeaways from the Newly Released Typical Cases of Labour Dispute

  On 16 April 2025, the PRC Supreme People’s Court and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security jointly released five typical cases of labour disputes, which give guidance on the trial of labour disputes national wide and can indicate to some extent the recent development of PRC employment law in judicial practice.Case 1: Extension of the medical treatment period of employees suffering from work-related injury must be subject to the assessment of the competent administrative authorityUnder PRC law, an employee suffering from a work-related injury or an occupational disease is entitled...

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  14/05/2025

  China

  Further Optimization of Production of Imported Medical Device Products by Chinese Enterprises

  Brief summary of the fast-track application mode under the 2020 AnnouncementFor those registrants of imported medical device who have obtained the certificates of registration for imported medical device for Class II and/or Class III products, their foreign-invested enterprises established in China are entitled to apply for the registration of domestic medical devices (which should be the same as the imported medical devices that have already been registered) through a fast-track mode under the 2020 Announcement.Specifically, according to the 2020 Announcement, the domestic applicants (i.e. foreign-invested...

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  13/05/2025

  International

  EU moves forward with Toy Safety Regulation

  The EU’s proposal for a Toy Safety Regulation is moving closer to formal adoption. In April 2025, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal on a regulation that updates and strengthens safety requirements for toys sold in the EU market.The new regulation is expected to better protect children by banning harmful chemicals, introducing a Digital Product Passport, and increasing oversight of online toy sales.BackgroundIn July 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation on the safety of toys, which will replace Directive 2009/48/EC, the...

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  08/05/2025

  China

  Chinese Tax Regulation Update - March & April 2025

  The latest development in China Tax Regulation mainly includes:Administrative measures for annual Individual Income Tax (“IIT”) reconciliation and settlement for the comprehensive incomeEffectiveness of the updated Sino-Italian Double Taxation Treaty (“DTT”)Preferential stamp duty policy for offshore trading businessPlease click here to read the full article.

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  07/05/2025

  International

  Cyber Space: Global insights on cyber and data risk for insurers

  Issue 2, May 2025. How does the cost of cyber incidents vary across the globe?  A key pillar of CMS’ Cyber Space series is to compare and contrast the impact of cyber incidents in different international jurisdictions.In this respect, with assistance from colleagues in Brazil and Singapore, CMS UK have collaborated with the CMS’ network of international offices and affiliate law firms to consider the comparative costs of cyber incidents. We did so by focussing on the following aspects - Legal fees (average hourly rate in USD or ease), notification costs (in USD), chance of...

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  30/04/2025

  China

  China Issues Recall Regulation for Defective Special Equipment

  On 8 April 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation (the “SAMR”) issued the Regulation for Defective Special Equipment Recall Management (the “Recall Regulation”), which will come into force on 1 August 2025. This regulation establishes a comprehensive recall mechanism for addressing systemic safety risks in special equipment, filling a long-standing legislative gap under the Law of the People's Republic of China on Special Equipment Safety (the “Special Equipment Safety Law”), effective since 2014.The “special equipment” governed by the...

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