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  27.11.2023

  EU

  EU Designs Reform, One Year On: EU Parliament announce Final Form of the New EU Design Legislation

  On 7 November 2023, the EU Parliament published the final form of the updated EU Designs legislation. The new legislation, which takes form through a new Regulation and new Directive, are the Parliament’s response to the EU Commission’s proposal of 29 November 2022. If you have not read our previous Law Now which covered the initial proposals in detail, you can find it here.The new legislation is the biggest shakeup to design rights in over 20 years, and affects both Community Designs (now called EU Registered Designs under the legislation) and nationally registered designs in Member...

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  17.11.2023

  United Kingdom

  Proposed legislation would radically expand the UK’s class action regime

  15 November 2023 saw publication of two proposed amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill that would have significant impacts on the UK’s class action regime:First, a proposed amendment, introduced by Sir Robert Buckland, to expand the jurisdiction of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “CAT”) to consumer class actions (the “Buckland Amendment”).  At present, the CAT only has jurisdiction for competition class actions.Second, a proposal to reverse the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR, in relation to damages claims...

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  23.10.2023

  England and Wales

  Building Safety Act implementation – Wales will be different to England

  In England, a new higher-risk buildings approval regime came into force on 1 October, but in Wales the equivalent regime has not yet been issued and is expected to contain some key differences.The regime that came into force in October is the regulatory framework for approval of higher-risk buildings in England. Details of that regime are in our previous Law-Now article here.In Wales the picture is different. The Welsh Government (WG) has not yet issued its regulations for approval of higher-risk buildings and has said they are likely to be laid in the Senedd this Autumn. On the current timetable,...

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  11.10.2023

  Hungary

  Hungary sets cybersecurity fines in decree

  A Hungarian government decree (Government Decree 305/2023 (VII. 11.) on the amount of cybersecurity fines, detailed rules of procedure for the imposition and payment of fines) has set down the minimum and maximum fines imposed by the competent authority under the new Act XXIII of 2023 on Cybersecurity Certification and Cybersecurity Supervision. The Decree specifies the infringements that are punishable by fines and adapts the amount of each fine.Infringements and finesUnder the Decree, the competent authority issuing the certification will impose fines for breaches of EU and Hungarian legislation,...

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  25.09.2023

  Ukraine

  Ukraine advances legislation for state support of projects with significant investments

  In recent years, Ukraine’s government has made attracting investments one of its top priorities. As part of this effort, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Implementation of Investment Projects with Significant Investments”, which came into force on 17 September 2023. The Law expands financial and operational incentives to companies investing at least EUR 12 million, thus contributing to reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine.The key changes introduced are the following:reducing the minimum required amount of investment...

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  14.09.2023

  Ukraine

  Ukraine parliament moves forward with competition law reform

  On 9 August 2023, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving the Activities of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine”.This Law, a first step in competition law reform, brings Ukraine’s antimonopoly regulations closer to EU law following the nation’s obligations under its Association Agreement with the EU.The Law primarily focuses on:dawn-raids and broadens the scope of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) powers;the AMCU’s independence;significant amendments to AMCU investigation procedures;introduction...

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