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21. January 2025 Dr. Florian Niermeier

What´s changing in 2025: product-related civil and competition law

In product-related civil law and competition law, there will be some relevant developments in 2025. These will focus in particular, but not exclusively, on the national implementation of European regulations.

16. January 2025 Martin Ahlhaus

What’s changing in 2025: Chemicals legislation

Like in previous years, chemicals legislation will remain an unstable legal matter that is and will remain subject to continuous change – also in 2025.

14. January 2025 Prof. Dr. Boris Handorn

What’s changing in 2025: Life Science

For medical device manufacturers, the year 2025 begins with new information obligations in accordance with Art. 10a MDR. In contrast, urgently needed reforms to the MDR will continue to be evaluated in 2025. The life science sector will also be dominated by digitalization in 2025. In particular, topics relating to AI regulation in the medical device sector, flanked by data protection and data transparency, will come to the fore. Integration into the existing infrastructure in particular will play a central role.

9. January 2025 Dr. Gerhard Wiebe

What’s changing in 2025: product-related IT and AI regulation and product liability law

Because a lot has happened in the areas of product-related IT and AI regulation and product liability law in 2024, the main focus for the economic operators concerned in 2025 will be on starting to implement the new requirements. However, new legal requirements in this area will also be enacted or applied for the first time in 2025.

8. January 2025 Dr. Carsten Schucht

What’s changing in 2025: Product safety law

In terms of product safety law, the year 2025 will undoubtedly be shaped by the implementation of the EU Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), as this legal act from general product safety law has only been applicable throughout the EU since 13.12.2024. The GPSR affects the entire law on consumer products (partly also in the harmonized area) and, due to the considerable scope of the reform, will be of immense importance for the entire B2C sector and thus also control the level of consumer protection in the EU.

7. January 2025 Michael Öttinger

What’s changing in 2025: Product-related environmental law and supply chain due diligence

In the area of product-related environmental law, 2025 will be characterized at European level by further implementation steps under the EU Battery Regulation, by preparations for the EU Packaging Regulation and probably by the progress of files that have already been initiated. At national level, some legal uncertainty is to be expected for the time being until the new Bundestag and the new federal government take up their work. Further developments relating to the implementation of due diligence obligations in Germany will certainly also depend heavily on the upcoming political developments, although certain lines are likely to be clear due to European legal requirements.

16. December 2024 Dr. Gerhard Wiebe

The new Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847)

On December 10, 2024, the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements (Cyber Resilience Act, hereinafter “CRA”) entered into force. As the first European legislation of its kind, it introduces binding cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements throughout their lifecycle and corresponding obligations for economic operators.

4. November 2024 Michael Öttinger

EU Packaging Regulation nears final adoption

On 24.04.2024, the EU Parliament adopted the English trilogue version of the EU Packaging Regulation in its last session before the European elections. The final decision on all other language versions in the EU Parliament and then the Council decision are now imminent. The regulation will then be published in the Official Journal of the EU and is expected to apply in principle from mid-2026.

16. August 2024 Michael Öttinger

EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) – What is changing in Germany?

Directive (EU) 2024/1760 on corporate sustainability due diligence was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 05.07.2024 and came into force on 25.07.2024. The EU Member States now have until 26.07.2026 to transpose the new requirements into national law.

7. June 2024

Template for a Recall Notice

Art. 36 Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (the so-called EU-Product Safety Regulation – GPSR) is the first to lay down binding requirements for the content and design of recall notices in relation to non-harmonised and harmonised consumer products. Based on Art. 36 para. 3 GPSR, the Commission has now issued Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1435, which sets out a template for a recall notice.