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Exporting GM Food Animal Feed 2021 UK Guidance
Exporting GM food and animal feed products from 1 January 2021 English Cymraeg Find out how businesses that hold or seek authorisations for GM food or feed or animal feed additives, or export animal feed to the EU, ...
Companies Registration 2021 UK Guidance
Changing your company registration from 1 January 2021 The UK formally left the EU on 31 January 2020. Find out if your business will need to change its company registration from 1 January 2021, and how to do this. ...
Patents and SPC 2021 UK Guidance
Changes to SPC and patent law from 1 January 2021 What will change and what will stay the same after the transition period in relation to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and patent law: information for ...
Exhaustion IP Rights 2021 UK Guidance
Exhaustion of IP rights and parallel trade from 1 January 2021 Actions that parallel exporters to the EEA and intellectual property rights holders will need to take after the transition period. Published 30 January ...
Copyright Changes 2021 UK Guidance
Changes to copyright law from 1 January 2021 This guidance covers the impacts on UK right holders, businesses, cultural heritage institutions and consumers. It is not legal advice. Published 30 January 2020 From: ...
Copyright Management 2021 UK Guidance
Collective rights management from 1 January 2021 EEA collective management organisations may not automatically represent UK right holders and collective management organisations from 1 January 2021. Published 30 ...
Portability of Content 2021 UK Guidance
Cross-border portability of online content services from 1 January 2021 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes. For ...
Database Right 2021 UK Guidance
Sui generis database rights from 1 January 2021 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes. For current information, ...
UK Lawyers in EU/EFTA 2021 UK Guidance
UK lawyers practising in the EU, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein after 1 January 2021 Published 30 January 2020 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. ...
EU Lawyers in UK 2021 UK Guidance
Guidance EU lawyers in the UK from 1 January 2021 Published 30 January 2020 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes. You ...
Designs 2021 UK Guidance
Changes to unregistered designs from 1 January 2021 Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs. Published 30 January 2020 From: Intellectual Property Office and Government Digital Service The UK ...
Trade Marks 2021 UK Guidance
EU trade mark protection and comparable UK trade marks from 1 January 20 You can apply to: IPO to register a UK trade mark EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register an EU trade mark (EUTM) From the 1 ...
Frontier Workers 2021 UK Guidance
Working in the UK as a frontier worker from 1 January 2021 Published 29 January 2020 The UK has left the EU This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything ...
Supervision
Single Supervisory Mechanism Framework regulation Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 — EU mechanism for banking supervision (SSM framework regulation) It sets out the legal framework on the practical arrangements for ...
Dividend and Remuneration Policy
Bank dividend policy – ECB recommendation Recommendation of the European Central Bank on dividend distribution policies (ECB/2015/49) This is a recommendation from the European Central Bank (ECB) on bank dividend ...
Resolution
Establishing bank resolution funds Communication (COM(2010) 254 final) — Bank Resolution Funds It describes the intentions of the European Commission concerning the establishment of bank resolution funds. KEY POINTS ...
Accounts and Audit
International accounting standards adopted within the European Union Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 ...
Accountants and Audit
The statutory audit — ensuring accurate company financial statements SUMMARY OF: Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE? It merges two ...
Securities Transaction
Short selling of securities Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps It seeks to regulate certain aspects of short selling* and credit default swaps (CDS)* in the ...
Securitisation
Simpler, more transparent and more standardised securitisation Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 — general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised ...
Securities Market Infrastructure
Credit rating agencies Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies It seeks to regulate the activity of credit rating agencies to protect investors and European financial markets against the risk of ...
Insurance Business
Insurance and reinsurance Directive 2009/138/EC on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) Known as Solvency II, it requires insurance companies to hold enough financial ...
Investment Services
Better regulated and transparent financial markets SUMMARY OF: Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments It aims at making financial markets in the European Union (EU) more robust and transparent. It ...
Prospectus and Listing
Prospectus to be published when securities are issued and offered to the public Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 — securities prospectus It aims to help companies, especially SMEs, access different forms of finance in the ...
Market Abuse
Preventing market abuse in financial markets Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse The market abuse regulation (MAR) seeks to ensure that European Union (EU) regulation keeps pace with market developments to ...
Payments
Single Euro Payments Area Regulation Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 — technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro It sets out the rules and technical requirements for credit ...
Consumer Credit
Consumer credit agreements Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit agreements It harmonises EU rules regarding credit granted to consumers who borrow to finance purchases of goods and services (holidays, goods, new ...
Bank Accounts Switching and Guarantee
Opening/switching bank accounts and information on fees Directive 2014/92/EU — comparable and transparent fees and rules for all payment accounts and payment account switching It aims to tackle 3 main issues: access ...
UCITS
Strengthening global competitiveness of EU investment funds Directive 2009/65/EC — rules relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) It lays down uniform rules on investment ...