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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has signalled that national judicial reviews of cross-border investigations by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should be limited to procedural questions. During a cross-border investigation of a biodiesel fraud case, the EPPO’s European Delegated Prosecutor in Germany assigned the search and seizure of potentially incriminating documents and hardware to an assisting European Delegated Prosecutor in Austria, who in line with Austrian law obtained judicial warrants.…

The world’s 600 largest companies are failing to provide full disclosure of anti-bribery and corruption information within their sustainability reporting, according to a joint report (1) backed by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Working with from Transparency International UK and the World Economic Forum’s Partnering against Corruption Initiative.…

Auto repairers and insurers are examining repair techniques for EV batteries involved in road accidents, so that slightly damaged batteries are not written off and junked.

The concern is that with batteries being a dominant and expensive element of EVs, insurance premiums could rise if they cannot be repaired after accidents – making EV purchases even more costly.…

Law professors, human rights lawyers and civil society groups have published a petition demanding the release of political prisoners in Tunisia, warning that such democratic regressions harm both the practice and teaching of law to the new generation of students.…

European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has told Belgium-based news wires it is probing fraud and graft in the EU’s EUR724 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) (1), designed to help member states’ economies recover from Covid-19.

So far, EUR150 billion has been paid out, reported Brussels news service Knack, with Italy and Spain receiving more than 25% of payments.…

The European Parliament (EP) is pushing for European Union (EU) policies and laws to impede fast fashion, which its members consider a threat to the environment. MEPs have been debating how to respond to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, which was released by the European Commission last March (2022) as a detailed road map pushing the industry towards circulatory and carbon neutrality.…

Since February (2023), all tobacco sellers trading excise products across national borders within the European Union (EU) have been using paperless taxation and fully electronic duty transactions. (1) Previously, digital excise procedures were only accessible to operators using a so-called “duty suspension” procedure while duty-paid business-to-business procedures had to be accompanied by physical paper declarations noting the excise duty charged at their destination.…

Applications of sliver knit fabric are diversifying from the traditional use as a warm yet lightweight lining for mass-produced outerwear and boots, as well as faux fur, with European fashion houses increasingly deploying the textile as an exclusive material.

Made with special circular knitting machines, sliver knit is a process by which continuous ‘tubes’ (slivers) of fibre – natural, synthetic or a mix – are knitted into a backing with the free ends extending out on one side to form a soft pile.…

The Covid-19-related increase in waste from disposed personal protective equipment (PPE) has focused attention on nonwovens waste management.

For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 1.5 billion units of PPE, much of which nonwovens, weighing 87,000 tonnes, were procured between March 2020 and November 2021 alone and shipped to support countries’ urgent Covid-19 under UN emergency work alone.…

The G7 group of industrialised nations has promised to ramp up sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including additional efforts to prevent circumvention.

Following a summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the group warned G7 members increase engagement with “third countries through which restricted G7 goods, services, or technology may be provided to Russia…”

It called on “third parties to immediately cease providing material support to Russia’s aggression or face severe costs”.…