Adam Hedley

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Firm/Organization: Reed Smith LLP
Blogs: Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog, Real Estate Legal Update, Ship Law Log

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In our April update on this subject, we reported on the outcome of the sixty-ninth meeting of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (MEPC 69) and on what to expect from the next MEPC meeting (MEPC 70). This update outlines the outcome of MEPC 70 (which took place on 24-28 October 2016), the global monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system to be introduced by the IMO across the shipping…
The European Court’s ruling in the ‘substances in articles’ case FDC and FMB v Ministre de l’ecologie, du development durable et de l’energie will extend aspects of EU chemical law compliance.  Going forward, importers and suppliers doing business in the EU will be required to have increased oversight and understanding of the chemical compositions of products to the level of their component articles.  This piece explores the various implications and potential difficulties arising as a…
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014 (“ESOS”) came into force across the UK last July. The purpose of ESOS is to require large businesses to identify energy efficiency savings by carrying out energy audits; ESOS is intended to deliver part of the UK’s 2020 target to reduce energy consumption by 20%. The reality is that ESOS imposes yet another obligation on businesses to calculate their energy usage and report to the regulators that is…