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  19/12/2024

  Hungría

  Hungary to make major changes to legal costs in Hungary: what you need to know

  Starting in 2025, Hungary will implement comprehensive reforms to its legal cost structure, reshaping both court fees and lawyers’ fees in significant ways. These changes, set out in two separate pieces of legislation, will modernise the legal framework, ensure fairness, and better reflect the complexity of legal proceedings. The following article breakdowns the relevant changes and their implications for litigants and businesses.New Rules for lawyers’ FeesA recently promulgated ministerial decree that comes into effect on 8 February 2025 will replace the obsolete legislation currently...

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  11/12/2024

  Belgium

  Belgium’s new Private Investigation Act: What employers need to know

  The Belgian Private Investigation Act, which will replace the 1991 Act regulating private detective activities, introduces significant changes that employers must address. With the Belgian parliament’s passage of the Act on 8 May 2024, and its publication in the Belgian Official Gazette on 6 December 2024, the Act has come into force and employers should act now to ensure they are compliant.A. Key highlights for employers1. Modernisation of the legal frameworkThe Act reflects advancements in investigation methods and aligns with GDPR standards, safeguarding individual rights while supporting...

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  04/12/2024

  Hungría

  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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  25/10/2024

  United Kingdom

  The Capacity Market phase 2 consultation: Further policy updates from government

  Background  To strengthen security of supply and accelerate investment in low carbon technologies, the UK government consulted on proposed reforms to the GB Capacity Market regime (the “CM Regime”) (see our previous commentary here). In July 2023, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (“DESNZ”) published a summary of the responses (“Phase 1 Consultation Response”) to the Consultation. A subsequent Phase 2 consultation ran in late 2023 to consult on alignment with the government’s net zero goals and set out the call for evidence...

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  18/10/2024

  United Kingdom

  Long duration energy storage - Government Response

  The Government has now published its much anticipated response (the “Response”) to its long duration electricity storage consultation (the “Consultation”), which was published on 9 January 2024. The policy framework envisaged by the Consultation and the Response aims to address the challenges and opportunities associated with investment into long duration electricity storage (“LDES”). Our previous LawNow article on the Consultation can be found here.As well as confirming that the Government will proceed with the proposed cap and floor scheme, the Response confirms...

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  03/10/2024

  United Kingdom

  Tenders Regulations for Early Competition: another piece of the jigsaw

  Ofgem have published a consultation on their proposed Electricity (Early-Model Competitive Tenders for Onshore Transmission Licences) Regulations 2024 which are aimed at promoting Early Competition in onshore transmission.We have previously written about the Early Competition model, commenting on the Regulations introduced earlier this year to establish the criteria that onshore electricity transmission projects must meet in order to be eligible for Early Competition here. Those Regulations came into force on 12 March 2024. The latest draft Electricity (Early-Model Competitive Tenders...

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