07 Oct, 2024 Electric vehicle charging: new EU regulatory requirements By Jonas Köster Sebastian Himmelseher Leonard Funk The European Green Deal calls for a 90% reduction in transport emissions as part of the EU’s aim to become climate-neutral by 2050. As a...
01 May, 2024 New mobility – key issues to consider By Juliane Hilf Pascal Cuche Sascha Arnold Jonas Köster Guillemette Burgala Fedor Teselkin Sara Barin Mesut Korkmaz +5 more... Show less Mobility without CO2 emissions Reducing CO2 emissions from the transport sector is one of the key ambitions of policy makers – not just...
12 Dec, 2023 First appeal court judgments in climate-related lawsuits against German car manufacturers By Stefanie Spancken-Monz Theresa Schumacher On 12 October 2023 and on 8 November 2023, the Courts of Appeal Munich and Stuttgart upheld the first instance courts’ rulings which had...
11 Aug, 2023 New EU sustainable batteries regulation becomes law – what you need to know By Kieran Watkins Marlen Vesper-Gräske Hilke Boedeker After a lengthy legislative process, the new EU Batteries Regulation has finally been published in the Official Journal of the EU,...
20 Mar, 2023 EU unveils Net Zero Industry Act to boost competitiveness in Europe By Kieran Watkins The European Commission has unveiled a new regulatory proposal which aims to boost Europe’s industrial policy amidst increasing global...
22 Dec, 2022 The new EU deforestation regulation and its international scope – is your business affected? By James Raeside Kieran Watkins Marlen Vesper-Gräske Simon Duncombe +1 more... Show less The European Commission, Council and European Parliament reached provisional agreement on the new Deforestation Regulation on 6 December...
15 Dec, 2022 COP15: the importance of biodiversity and what it means for your businesses By James Raeside Jake Reynolds Simon Duncombe Last week marked the start of COP15, the UN Biodiversity Conference, which runs from 7-19 December 2022. Just like other Conferences of...
30 Sep, 2022 German court dismisses climate-related lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz By Jan Henning Buschfeld Stefanie Spancken-Monz Sarah Hillebrand The Regional Court Stuttgart dismissed a climate-related claim brought by the German NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) against Mercedes-Benz...
05 Aug, 2022 First Hearings in Climate-Related Lawsuits Against German Car Manufacturers By Jan Henning Buschfeld Sarah Hillebrand Stefanie Spancken-Monz In autumn 2021, several individuals and representatives of the NGOs Deutsche Umwelthilfe and Greenpeace filed lawsuits at various German...
05 Jan, 2022 New German EV Charging Point Regulation entered into force on 1 January 2022 By Jonas Köster The construction and operation of charging points for electric vehicles in Germany is subject to the Charging Point Ordinance enacted in...
19 Nov, 2021 German NGOs file climate-related lawsuits against German car manufacturers and a gas and oil producer By Moritz Becker Jan Henning Buschfeld Sarah Hillebrand No vehicles with combustion engines from 2030 onwards and no gas and oil field development after 2025. These are the main objectives of...