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  31.05.2023

  Hongrie

  Hun­gary in­tro­duces new Whist­le­blo­wer Pro­tec­tion Act

  On 25 May 2023, Hungary adopted Act XXV of 2023 on complaints, disclosures in public interest, and related rules on reporting abuses, which is commonly known as the Whistleblower Protection Act and transposes the EU’s 2019/1937 Whistleblower Directive. Organisations in Hungary have 60 days (i.e. until 24 July 2023) to establish or review their whistleblower systems to comply with the Whistleblower Protection Act.Which organisations are required to establish internal reporting channels?The Whistleblower Protection Act obligates organisations to establish internal reporting channels in two...

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  23.05.2023

  Hongrie

  Hun­gary launches new re­gis­try and re­gis­tra­tion pro­ce­dures for com­pa­nies as of 1 July 2023

  A new bill has been recently proposed to the Hungarian parliament, which aims to amend various acts that, among others, include a proposal to postpone the entry into force of Act XCII of 2021 on the Registry and Registration Procedure of Legal Persons from the originally planned date of 1 July 2023 to 1 January 2026. According to the bill's explanatory memorandum, entry into force of the Act is to be postponed to provide more time for legal practitioners to prepare for the systematic reforms the Act intends to introduce. The proposal has not yet been adopted by the Hungarian parliament.Hungary...

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  12.05.2023

  Europe

  Con­sul­ta­tion on the EU’s in­te­rim emis­sions re­duc­tion tar­get for 2040

  Until 24 June 2023 the European Commission is consulting to gather views on the EU’s climate target for 2040.Since the Communication of the European Green Deal in late 2019, there have been a raft of significant new legal and policy measures and the re-evaluation of all existing law through the lens of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. At the heart of the European Green Deal is the European Climate Law, which establishes the framework for achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and a binding intermediate emissions reductions target of at least 55% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2030. However,...

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  11.05.2023

  Europe

  At last: in­va­li­dity and re­vo­ca­tion ac­tions now avai­lable be­fore TM of­fices in Italy, Ro­ma­nia and Spain

  One of the most significant innovations introduced by the EU Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 (the so-called trade mark reform package) was the requirement for all EU countries to implement – where not already in place - administrative procedures for both revocation and declaration of invalidity of trade mark registrations. These administrative procedures would either replace or supplement the court proceedings required to revoke or invalidate a trade mark registration. As trade mark owners will be aware, judicial actions before national courts (typically) last longer and are more expensive...

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  25.04.2023

  England and Wales

  Con­sul­ta­tion on un­cap­ped va­riable mo­ne­tary pe­nal­ties and their pro­po­sed ap­pli­ca­tion to en­vi­ron­men­tal per­mit­ting

  Until 15 May 2023, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“DEFRA”) is consulting on (i) removing the existing cap on variable monetary penalties (“VMPs”) for non compliance with existing environmental laws to which the sanction may apply and (ii) empowering the Environment Agency (“EA”) to impose VMPs for alleged breaches of the Environmental Permitting Regulations (the “EPR”).The statutory contextThe Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 (the “2010 Order”) invested the EA with the power to impose various...

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  19.04.2023

  Hongrie

  Hun­gary of­fers more flexible ap­proach on co­pying em­ployee do­cu­ments

  Hungary’s Data Protection Authority (NAIH) recently issued a position paper (only in Hungarian) on the copying of documents certifying that the qualifications of employees comply with the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system standard.In drafting this paper, the NAIH examined in general whether an employer may store copies of employee education documents on a protected server, with limited accessibility, based on a legitimate interest. The NAIH's previous practice, which was stricter than most European data protection authorities, consistently prohibited the copying of official employee...

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