European Practice - EU Environmental
This practice covers the full range of EU environmental issues affecting EU and non-EU businesses.
Our EU environmental and regulatory experience includes:
- National and EU general consumer product safety regulations and regimes
- Toy safety regulations
- CE marking and origin marking rules
- Chemicals ("REACH" - the Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals)
- Biocides
- Pesticides
- Classification, labeling, and packaging ("CLP") of substances
- The rules relating to waste from electrical equipment (the RoHS & WEEE Directives)
- Eco-design requirements for improving the energy efficiency of products
- Batteries
- Packaging and packaging waste
We have particular expertise in seeking to help businesses avoid litigation by advising them on how best to comply with EU environmental laws, including those of the 27 individual EU Member States. Our Brussels lawyers also work closely with our colleagues in Washington, DC, in particular giving advice on the differences between current EU and U.S. legislation.
For more information, visit our Environmental & Natural Resources home page.