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Providing legislative and regulatory advice across a range of environmental and health and safety and related product liability issues.

A newsletter containing topical updates on environmental issues around the Clifford Chance Global Environment Group network.

The Government's initial proposals on reforming the CRC go some way to creating the flexibility desired by participants and to stopping the overlap with other regimes. However, the continuing complexity of the regime, and ongoing refusal to re-instate revenue recycling...

On 5 January, 2012 the President of the Republic of Poland submitted a new bill which is to amend the existing Seed Act of 2003 ("Proposal"). The Seed Act of 2003 regulates the issue of GMO seed registration and trade in Poland. The Proposal is to...

The Court of Appeal decision in Chandler v Cape has extended the situations in which a parent company can be held liable for group operations, by establishing a parent company duty of care to its subsidiary's employees. Whilst the case involved an asbestos...

A summary of key policies, insights, challenges and opportunities regarding China's burgeoning automotive industry and intent to successfully introduce electric vehicles into the world's largest consumer market and beyond.

The Australian Government has released a new policy for assessing the offsets to environmental impacts arising out of project proposals and applications. Offsets are mitigating actions offered by project proponents to counterbalance the environmental impact...

As we move closer to 2020, it has never looked more difficult for some countries to meet their national greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. In many jurisdictions, nuclear energy has been considered the answer to carbon reduction whilst fulfilling everincreasing domestic...

W styczniu 2013 r. w polskim Sejmie powołana została podkomisja, która rozpoczęła prace nad tzw. "małym trójpakiem energetycznym", tj. zmianą Prawa energetycznego dostosowującą ustawodawstwo polskie do wymogów UE ("Mały Trójpak"). Szybkie...

In January 2013, a subcommittee was set up in the Polish Parliament that is working on the so-called "little energy three-pack", i.e. an amendment to the Energy Law adjusting Polish legislation to EU requirements (the "Little Three-Pack"). The...