Afghanistan: Compliance

The European Union's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation brings sweeping changes to packaging standards across member states, replacing decades of flexible implementation with harmonized requirements. Companies placing packaging or packaged products on the EU market face new substance restrictions, including strict limits on heavy metals and PFAS in food-contact materials. Understanding these phased compliance deadlines and evolving chemical regulations is critical for manufacturers and importers opera

The European Parliament's draft report proposes over 130 amendments to the Commission's plan for overhauling medical device regulations, introducing new categories like "niche" devices while expanding coordination mechanisms between EU authorities. These changes aim to balance regulatory simplification with patient safety, potentially reshaping how medical devices and in vitro diagnostics are classified, assessed, and brought to market across the European Union.

European financial regulators have issued new guidance on managing ICT risks from frontier AI models under DORA, setting expectations that will reshape how financial entities assess their technology providers. The statement from the European Supervisory Authorities outlines three core risk mitigation strategies—prevention, detection, and management—that will drive increasingly detailed scrutiny of AI service providers' cybersecurity, governance, and operational resilience. ICT service providers,

As artificial intelligence transforms workplace operations from recruiting to performance management, organizations face mounting regulatory scrutiny over high-risk AI applications under frameworks like the EU AI Act.

The European Court recently dismissed a challenge to an EU sanctions designation, providing crucial clarification on how far the Council's power extends when targeting individuals who facilitate sanctions circumvention. The case centered on a fraudulent scheme to sell frozen shares through a subsidiary structure, raising fundamental questions about jurisdiction and the definition of circumvention. This judgment establishes important precedent for understanding what activities fall within the EU's sanctions

The European Commission has issued guidelines on transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act, clarifying how providers and deployers must inform individuals when they interact with AI systems or are exposed to AI-generated content. These non-binding guidelines address a wide range of AI applications, from chatbots to deepfake technologies, and establish four main transparency scenarios with specific disclosure requirements that businesses must now prepare to implement.

The European Parliament has approved targeted amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act through the AI Digital Omnibus Regulation, introducing significant changes to implementation timelines and compliance requirements.

The European Union has formally adopted sweeping reforms to its foreign investment screening framework, requiring all member states to maintain screening regimes and establishing a common minimum scope covering sensitive...

Three EU Member States—Italy, Lithuania, and Slovakia—have enacted legislation transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, revealing both common compliance threads and country-specific variations that multinational employers must navigate. These early implementations establish enforceable pay transparency obligations, from recruitment disclosures to employee information requests and gender pay gap reporting.