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by Dr. Heiko Franke

Trade & Distribution

Can suppliers demand that their customers pay higher prices than those agreed between them in the medium or long term due to increased raw material prices, and if so, on what basis?

by Dr. Roland Hartmannsberger

Product Compliance

Shortly before the EU Market Surveillance Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020) comes into force, the EU Commission's proposal for a replacement of Directive 2001/95/EC (Product Safety Directive, "PSD") was published on 30 June 2021 (COM(2021) 346 final). Fundamental changes and innovations are planned.

 

by Dr. Roland Hartmannsberger

Product Compliance

One of the most significant changes introduced by the Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 ("MSR") concerns import controls by customs authorities. The EU Commission (rightly) sees import controls as an important instrument for reducing non-compliant products from third countries and thus also for reducing security risks.

by Dr. Roland Hartmannsberger

Product Compliance

Almost two years after the adoption of the Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 ("MSR"), the national implementation is now imminent. This is one of the most significant changes in product and market surveillance law in the last ten years. The MSR will apply in its entirety from 16 July 2021.

by Dr. Roland Hartmannsberger

Product Liability

On 25 November 2020, the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 ("RA-Directive") was adopted. It must be implemented by the member states within two years and applied by mid-2023 at the latest.

by Dr. Roland Hartmannsberger

Product Compliance

In its judgement of 11.3.2020, the Essen Regional Court (Case No. 44 O 40/19) granted a claim for injunction and damages under competition law on account of the sale of electrical products to which only English-language instructions for use and English-language safety information were attached.

by Dr. Heiko Franke

Trade & Distribution

For a little more than half a year now, the Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets (GeschGehG) (the “Law”) has been in force. In implementation of the EU Directive 2016/943, the Law brought about some fundamental changes in the area of protection of trade secrets.

by Dr. Roland Hartmannsberger

Product Compliance

After several attempts and many years of negotiations, the EU Market Surveillance Regulation was published on 25 June 2019 (Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, OJ EU L 169, 1 ff.). This is probably one of the most fundamental legal developments in the non-food sector in the last 20 years.