The European Parliament has rejected the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) mandate to enter trilogue negotiations on the Omnibus I Simplification Package, which seeks to revise the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The
On 21 October 2025, the European Commission officially published a Proposal to amend the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), as part of its broader simplification efforts. While the core timeline remains unchanged for most businesses, the proposal introduces targeted adjustments that
The Commission presented in a letter of 1 October its plan to de-prioritize the adoption of a series of secondary legislations, destined to implement or complement legislative acts adopted in the domain of financial services. These include acts of application
Following its publication in the EU Official Journal on 17 October, Regulation (EU) 2025/2083 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (the CBAM Regulation) entered into force on 20 October 2025. The Regulation was presented as part of the so-called “Omnibus I” legislative
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In December 2024, the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur, i.e. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) concluded negotiations on an EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement. The Agreement includes a Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter, as well as a
On 23 September 2025, European Commissioner for the Environment, Jessika Roswall, announced that the European Commission is considering a one-year delay to the entry into application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) 2023/1115 (EUDR), currently scheduled for 30 December 2025
The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) released a draft bill (ministerial draft – Referentenentwurf) on 10 July 2025 concerning the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into German law. Notably, the proposal already reflects the changes
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a Call for Evidence to support the preparation of a study report under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40). The study, as mandated in Article 5(2) PPWR, aims
The European Commission has recently taken a significant step in preparing the next phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). On August 29, 2025, the Commission published three Calls for Evidence, with a submission deadline of September 25,
