New Product Safety Rules: Is Your Business Ready for the GPSR?
From 13 December 2024, new European product safety rules take effect: the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). This legislation is intended to better protect consumers from unsafe non-food products. What does this mean for your business? What is changing? Under the GPSR, it becomes even more important to know where your products come from. You […]
Mandatory Sustainability Reporting (ESG and CSRD): What Are Your Legal Obligations?
This article discusses what ESG is, and what European regulation means for businesses, how businesses can and must become more sustainable within the three ESG pillars, and how ESG reporting can contribute to your company’s image and business strategy. In a world where companies are increasingly held responsible for their impact on society and the […]
What must you legally arrange, at a minimum, in a holding-operating company structure?
As a (start-up) business owner, you always see opportunities. Priority usually goes to acquisition and bringing in new assignments, or selling your product. You work day and night to make your business a success, but that can suddenly change from one day to the next, without you having any influence over it. For example, you […]
How do you prevent your website from being taken offline by the ACM for violating consumer law?
In the Netherlands, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (hereinafter: ACM) is committed to a well-functioning market between consumers and businesses. The ACM therefore supervises compliance with consumer law by companies. To this end, it can impose sanctions such as a penalty payment order or a fine on companies. Recently, the ACM once again proved […]
The sale of your company can be completely reversed in the event of incorrect financial figures.
When it comes to a share transaction, the rule ‘bought is bought’ does not always apply strictly. In some cases, a buyer can completely reverse the purchase if it turns out that they were misled by the seller. This legal concept is called mistake (dwaling). This is the case, for example, if the seller has […]
Does CO2 also bring work for you?
From 1 July 2024, employers must collect data in order to be able to report on the travel movements of their staff. This is seen by many employers (organizations) as an undesirable regulatory burden. Below you can read more about the scheme. Does the obligation apply to all employers? No, only to employers with 100 […]
Can AI such as ChatGPT replace the lawyer?
These days you can no longer avoid it… Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as the solution for efficient working, but there are also dangers. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union therefore very recently, on 9 December 2023, reached a provisional political agreement on a number of conditions for AI use, throughout […]