The "Stop the Clock" Directive came into force on 17 April 2025. The member states must transpose it into national law by 31 December 2025.

Hair dryers, carbon monoxide detectors and children's nightwear are affected. In a legal dispute with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Amazon is citing its role as a logistics service provider. In the EU, however, the responsibility of online marketplaces is clearly regulated by the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

Recent cases from France, Spain and the Netherlands show that a failure to report quantities or a lack of registration might be detected and can have unpleasant consequences.

Environmental Action Germany (DUH) had established that a discounter was not fulfilling its legal obligation and filed a lawsuit.

The date of application of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) will be postponed. Here you will find a brief chronological sequence of recent events.

Electrical appliances, batteries, packaging, textiles, supply chain law, EUDR, CBAM, CSRD and CSDDD are affected. The VERE Association has summarised below the passages of the coalition agreement that are important for producers, sellers and importers of non-food products.

The General Product Safety Regulation leads to various misunderstandings among sellers and producers. Here you will find ways to clarify your important questions.

Companies should ensure that terms such as "climate-neutral", "sustainable" or "recyclable" are not used without appropriate evidence. Unauthorised statements can have legal consequences.

Producers and sellers are invited to request a free aid package containing instructions and materials for the safe disposal of batteries, especially for German consumers.

Due diligence and sustainability reporting obligations are to be dropped for up to 90 per cent of SMEs, at least according to the EU Commission's Omnibus 1 draft. The CSRD, CSDDD and CBAM are affected. But beware, due diligence and other obligations are still contained in upcoming and existing EU legislation, for example in the EU Batteries Regulation.

The EUDR deforestation regulation is not part of the EU's Omnibus 1 relief package. It was amended on 28 February 2025 and will continue to affect companies. Products such as wood, rubber, cattle, palm oil, leather, cocoa, coffee and soya are affected.

This will work by introducing a new cumulative annual CBAM threshold of 50 tonnes per importer, which should eliminate CBAM obligations for around 182,000 or 90% of importers.

Marketplace operators now have an increased interest in the market conformity of their sellers due to their personal risk. If you sell via a marketplace and are not registered with the competent authorities in accordance with the EPR obligation, you run the risk of being excluded from the marketplace.

The Commission wants to take stricter action against unnecessary national rules and, if necessary, take legal action against member states that violate the deregulation requirements.

The EU Commission will consider appropriate follow-up measures, including possible restrictions on the use of substances in packaging materials that pose a risk to health or the environment.

Companies not based in Hungary are required to register if they sell electrical appliances, batteries or packaging directly to Hungarian end users.