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Spain Orders Temperature Limits for Businesses to Conserve Energy before Winter
August 03, 2022
Aiming to reduce gas consumption by 7 percent in an effort to save energy before the winter, Spain's government ordered all businesses to limit their temperatures, air conditioning cannot be lowered below 27 degrees Celsius (80°F) in summer and heating cannot exceed 19 degrees Celsius (66°F) this winter.
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European Parliament Ends Case to Force EU Action on Rule-of-Law
August 03, 2022
Due to a fragile legal case, The European Parliament has dropped a lawsuit against the European Commission that demanded the utilization of the newly created rule of law mechanism that would allow the cutting of funds to countries accused of not respecting EU laws.
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Paul Hastings: Warning of a New EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
July 27, 2022
In June, the Council of the European Union and European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”), which aims to create global sustainability reporting standards, more than quadrupling the number of companies required to report on sustainability.
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Greece Taken to EU Court Over Environmental Impact Assessment Failures
July 27, 2022
The European Commission is referring Greece to the Court of Justice after the commission decided that Greece has failed to carry out environmental impact assessments for certain large infrastructure projects under the 1985 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive.
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EU Countries Agree on Mandatory Gas Cut Regulation
July 27, 2022
EU energy ministers agreed on a bloc-wide winter alert system to trigger mandatory cuts in natural gas consumption at the recent extraordinary energy council in Brussels including requiring that cuts of 15 percent can only be activated by a vote of the council.
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