https://www.bizcommunity.com/440/307.html Europe Regulatory news 15 Regulatory news - Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/440/307.html en-us Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:29:55 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/trademark-dispute-strips-mcdonalds-of-big-mac-exclusivity-in-eu-583460a A registered trade mark is vulnerable to revocation or cancellation for non-use if it has not been used for the goods and/or services for which it is registered for a certain amount of time. In most instances this time period is five years and is calculated from the date of registration, as in South Africa and the European Union. 1-250426 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/eu-will-not-delay-deforestation-law-environment-chief-says-on-ivory-coast-visit-453349a The European Union is not planning to delay a new law to crack down on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, its environment commissioner said, despite some governments urging Brussels to postpone the landmark rules. 1-247415 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/237115.html For most cheese lovers, taste is the thing. Whether it's a tangy blue stilton or a creamy oozing camembert, the most important element is the eating. But cheese has profound political and economic properties too, with implications for international trade deals and commerce. 1-237115 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/307/232398.html In a move sure to upset chocoholics everywhere, discount supermarket Lidl was recently told to destroy its stocks of chocolate bunnies. The cull was ordered by a Swiss court that decided Lidl's bunny was too close to confectioner Lindt's iconic chocolate rabbit. 1-232398 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 07:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/462/226603.html Jewellery company Pandora and luxury group Richemont are both leaving the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), a London-based trade association that sets sustainability standards for the jewellery and watch industry, due to the organisation's ongoing ties with Russian businesses. 1-226603 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/162/221415.html Ultra-processed foods might not be a familiar term to many people. But it is an emerging, and increasingly dominant type of food in the world. They are foods typically created through a "series of industrial techniques and processes". 1-221415 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/399/221263.html James Sampson runs a tech repair shop in suburban Washington D.C. - fixing wayward phones and lagging laptops - and sees his tiny store as one part of a brave, new consumer rights revolution that can protect the planet, too. 1-221263 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 13:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/742/217383.html The European Union recently added rooibos (red bush) tea to its register of products with a protected designation of origin. The iconic tea is the first African product to receive such status in the EU, and the 40th from a non-EU country. 1-217383 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/217147.html Discarded single-use plastic shopping bags (SUPBs) are a growing environmental menace. Dubbed the 'white flower' in South Africa, the negative effects of SUPBs include reducing the aesthetic value of landscapes, clogging waterways, depleting petroleum reserves through their production, and endangering marine life through entanglement and ingestion. 1-217147 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/399/215253.html Fashionscapes: A Living Wage is a new short film that aims to help end poverty wages in the fashion industry. Released on 24 April 2021, on the 8th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, the documentary combines the voices of garment workers on the ground with top legal professionals who are working together to argue for the first-ever EU legislation to ensure garment workers receive a living wage. 1-215253 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Regulatory Europe