On May 19, 2015 the Italian Parliament approved the new “Provisions related to crimes against the environment”. The law will be enforceable in the next days and it will applicable only to crimes committed after the issuing date. The legislature has moved on three fronts: Setting out a new separate…
The federal government has enacted further restrictions in the use of mercury in products in Canada. The Products…
For companies manufacturing, importing or otherwise using the lubricant additive BNST (Benzenamine, N-phenyl, Reaction Products with Styrene and 2,…
On December 10, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued its long-awaited revisions to the definition of solid waste rule (“Final DSW Rule”) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). The Final DSW Rule scales back certain important RCRA recycling exemptions that were first promulgated as part of…
In an effort to harmonize Turkish environmental protection standards with those of the European Union, on April 2,…
On April 1, 2015, the German Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett) approved a legislative package introducing broad restrictions on the…
Amendments to Atmospheric Protection Law contain provisions on protection of atmospheric air in the framework of the Kyrgyz Republic´s commitments under international agreements. Amendments propose the introduction of the state monitoring and control over circulation of ozone-depleting substances and their subsitutes for the purposes of establishing maximum allowable limits of…