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  13/12/2024

  Europe

  The new EU General Product Safety Regulation: What you need to know

  The EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) came into effect on 13 December 2024. It replaces the existing General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and establishes a modernised framework for consumer product safety across the EU. The GSPR introduces significant new responsibilities, making understanding its implications essential.What is changing? Key updates under GPSRUniform Application: Unlike the GPSD, which required transposition at the Member State level, and allowed for varied national implementation, the GPSR is directly applicable across all EU/EEA member states, ensuring uniformity...

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  11/12/2024

  Europe

  New EU Refuelling Guidelines

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  IntroductionOn 9 October 2024, the European Commission published its guidelines on the interpretation of the refuelling obligations for aircraft operators (“Refuelling Guidelines”).EU Regulation 2023/2405 (“RFEUA”) specifies the rules on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport. Article 5 RFEUA imposes obligations on aircraft operators with regard to refuelling. The Refuelling Guidelines provide additional information about the interpretation of Article 5 RFEUA.Article 5 RFEUA requires aircraft operators to refuel at least 90% of the yearly aviation fuel...

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  10/12/2024

  Europe

  Compulsory or optional? AI literacy a central component of compliance with AI Act

  The AI Act, which came into force on 1 August 2024, marks a milestone for the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the EU. While the majority of the provisions will only apply from 2 August 2026, the provisions on AI literacy pursuant to Art. 4 AI Act will apply from 2 February 2025. In addition, this provision is one of the very few provisions of the AI Act that applies to all AI systems within the scope of the AI Act.In view of this, companies are now faced with the challenge of ensuring a sufficient level of AI literacy within a short space of...

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  10/12/2024

  Europe

  EU anti-dumping investigation of Chinese imports of sweetcorn

  On 9 December 2024, the EU opened an anti-dumping investigation concerning EU imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels originating in the People’s Republic of China, which could lead to substantial anti-dumping duties on future imports.The product under investigation for alleged dumping is sweetcorn as follows:Sweetcorn in kernels, prepared or preserved (i) by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen and (ii) otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 originating in the People's Republic of China.The product under investigation...

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  10/12/2024

  International

  Construction contracts and choice of law for non-contractual obligations: risks and opportunities

  Non-contractual claims can in certain circumstances provide additional rights of action which are not otherwise available under a construction contract. The ability to choose the law governing such rights therefore provides an opportunity to employers and contractors to influence the extent to which such claims can be brought. A growing number of countries now permit parties such a choice, either through their domestic conflict of laws rules or as part of their arbitration law. In this Law-Now, we provide a summary of the relevance of non-contractual claims to construction disputes and some recommendations...

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  02/12/2024

  Europe

  How to achieve a European Patent Office technical effect in mathematical healthcare patents

  More light is shed on how to achieve a European Patent Office technical effect in mathematical healthcare patents in a recent Board of Appeal case.A patent using maths on blood sample data survived opposition in European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal case number: T1423/22.It is interesting to compare a few recent EPO Board of Appeal decisions in this field in the following table.T1423/22 board 3.3.08G1/19 was referred toPatent survived oppositionComparing a standard value with a value computed from an equation using values measured from blood samples (with the implied aim of diagnosing renal...

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