Annual IFE colloquium on civil servants

Articles - Plastic is a significant and growing global concern. A recent study commissioned by WWF and carried out by the University of Newcastle, Australia, suggests that people are consuming around 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic every week (which is approximately 5 grams of plastic, the weight of a credit card).  In this context, the EU adopted a new directive aiming at tackling marine litter generated from 10 single-use plastic products and from abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics. This is called the Single-Use Plastics Directive and has entered into force this month, on 2 July 2019.

Short Reads - Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR, two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly. Both of the substantial fines are to be handed out as a result of shortcomings in handling data breaches caused by cyber-attacks.

Seminar - Join us for a light lunch and informative seminar on Wednesday, 18 September, regarding hospital tenders for pharmaceutical products that are covered by second medical use of patents.

Articles - Jan van Oosten schreef samen met Hugo Doornhof voor Bouwrecht de kroniek van het ruimtelijke ordeningsrecht in 2018.