The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CS3D“), provisionally agreed in December 2023, will create significant behavioural and reporting obligations for many EU and non-EU healthcare and life sciences companies active in the EU, adding an additional layer of compliance and complexity to their already highly intricateglobal value chains. In this first instalment of our new “CS3D Explainer Series”, we provide an overview of scope, key obligations and relevant timeline under the CS3D.

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Nina Niejahr is a senior counsel in the Firm's Brussels-based EU Competition & Regulatory Affairs Practice.

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Gabrielle is a Senior Associate in Baker McKenzie's London office.

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William-James Kettlewell is a senior associate in the EU Competition and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group of the Brussels office.