Category: Regulation & compliance
Consumers in focus as UK safety regulator researches product safety
Rod Freeman and Jamie Humphreys
OPSS releases product safety report
UK’s medicines and medical devices regulator to tackle Brexit, technological advancements and regulatory challenges (including from COVID-19) in 2020 and 2021
Sarah-Jane Dobson and Amal Ali
The MHRA has established five strategic goals for 2020-21 that will impact all those operating in the UK medicines and medical devices industries
The Circle of (Product) Life part 2: EU’s Sustainable Products Initiative
Edward Turtle, Tracey Bischofberger and Corinne Robinson
The EU has published further details on its Sustainable Products Initiative, one of the measures announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan.
The Science of Regulation and the Regulation of Science
Sarah-Jane Dobson and Sumiyya Abdur-Rahman
The EU’s Five-Year Strategy for Modern Human Medicines
Coming into view – UK maintains focus on driverless vehicles
Tracey Bischofberger and Claire Temple
The UK government has launched a call for evidence on the use of Automated Lane Keeping System (ALKS)
See EU later – the UK government has issued guidance on placing manufactured goods on the market in post-Brexit Great Britain and using the UKCA mark from 1 January 2021
Tracey Bischofberger, Rod Freeman and Claire Temple
Here’s our snap review of the guidance issued today…
WEBCAST: Moving to a Circular Economy
Cooley’s international products law team are pleased to announce the fifth event in its webinar series, together with experts from Compliance & Risks and Ramboll. As an area of major regulatory and business change for product manufacturers, suppliers and other stakeholders, we anticipate the impact of the move towards the […]
EU representative actions: do they represent a major consumer rights shakeup?
Edward Turtle and Tracey Bischofberger
We consider the implications of a new EU Directive to introduce representative actions for breaches of certain EU laws, including consumer rights, product liability and product safety legislation.
General Product Safety Directive Consultation: Commission Checks its Safety Net for Holes
Jamie Humphreys and Edward Turtle
The European Commission is holding a consultation on proposed amendments to the EU’s General Product Safety Directive.
EU and AI – Navigating the European Approach
Get access to Cooley’s webinar on the European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence