Check out the January 2018 edition of the UK Environmental, Safety & Health team’s monthly newsletter, frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in UK and EU Environment, Safety and Health Law and Procedure, for “bite-sized” updates on EU and UK law and policy on the following hot topics:
- The UK government’s Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-22, and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention enforcement data for 2016
- The Local Government Association guide for councils on their role on the prevention of modern slavery
- The Health and Safety Executive is beginning a programme of unannounced inspections
- Recent prosecutions and fines
- The Home Affairs Select Committee response to the Sentencing Council manslaughter consultation
- Successful appeal against fine for a health and safety conviction on the grounds of misapplication of Sentencing Guidelines
- A corporate manslaughter case dealing with fines for micro companies
- Select Committee hearing evidence on the likely gap in provisions to monitor and control food safety after Brexit
- EU representatives reached a provisional agreement on the Circular Economy Package
- EU Commission has adopted a Plastics Strategy
- EU Emissions Trading Scheme Brexit safeguard measures
- The Chinese import ban on recyclates
- UK government’s 25 year environment plan
- UK implementation of the Medium Combustion Plants Directive, and introduction of emission limits for generators
- The European Chemicals Agency has announced seven further chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) and an update to the entry for Bisphenol-A
- Recent legal actions related to fracking
- The Environment Agency consultation on a revised Enforcement and Sanctions Policy
- The UK microbeads ban
- The “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups
- The UK government’s Water Abstraction Plan 2017
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