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Extended Producer Responsibility for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Companies: Adoption of the Recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

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On 5 November 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, following the European Parliament’s approval of the text earlier this year. Of particular relevance to pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies, the recast Directive will introduce new extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) [1] obligations in respect of micropollutants from their products that end up in the urban wastewater stream. Background The EU’s previous Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive has been in place since…

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Extended Producer Responsibility for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics Companies: the Recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

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On 5 November 2024 the Council of the European Union adopted the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, following the European Parliament’s approval of the text earlier this year.  Of particular relevance to pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies, the recast Directive will introduce new extended producer responsibility (“EPR”)[1] obligations in respect of micropollutants from their products that end up in the urban wastewater stream. Background The EU’s previous Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive has been in place since 1991…

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Animal Testing: EU Accelerates Phase Out of Animal Testing in Europe

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On 25 July 2023, the EU Commission published its response to the European Citizens’ Initiative’s petition on “Save Cruelty-free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without Animal Testing”. The petition received 1.2 million signatures from EU citizens and the EU Commission must respond to petitions gathering 1 million signatures or more. The EU Commission has confirmed the following in response to the requests of the petition: Protect and strengthen the cosmetics animal testing ban Transform…

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