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ICJ opinion raises stakes for Omnibus as lawyer warns of 'legal time bomb'
15 August 2025The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) opinion on climate "reinforces" the likelihood of legal challenges of the EU's Omnibus simplification process if it guts key elements of sustainability rules such as those for transition plans, a lawyer has argued.
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Updated: Financial institutions partially exempt from supply chain due diligence under 'milestone' rules
14 December 2023The finance sector will be exempt from carrying out environmental and social due diligence of companies 'downstream' in the supply chain under newly agreed EU rules, in a victory for lobbyists who claimed it would add disproportionate costs and unfairly expose institutions to legal claims.