Europe – By judgment of 20 November 2025 (C‑204/24), the Court of Justice of the European Union condemns Ireland for failing to correctly transpose numerous provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC, the “Water Framework Directive,” into Irish law
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats The Court of Justice of the European Union condemns Ireland for failing to correctly transpose numerous provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC, the “Water Framework Directive”, into Irish law. General context of...
World – COP30 is taking place in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats World – COP30 is taking place in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature at the United Nations Conference on...
Europe – On 14 October 2025, the European Commission published a report entitled “Housing in the European Union: Market Developments, Underlying Drivers, and Policies”
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats Europe – On 14 October 2025, the European Commission published a report entitled “Housing in the European Union: Market Developments, Underlying Drivers, and Policies.” The document provides a comprehensive...
Europe – In a judgment delivered on 13 November 2025 (C-117/24), the The Court of Justice of the European Union held that Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 “laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market,” which requires every operator to use a due-diligence system that includes access to information on the origin of the timber, an assessment of the risk that the timber comes from illegal harvesting, and risk-mitigation measures where the risk is not negligible, must be interpreted as meaning that it is not sufficient for an operator belonging to a corporate group to have access to the elements of a due-diligence system established, maintained, and assessed by the parent company of that group or by a monitoring organization used by that parent company. Each operator must use its own due-diligence system for its imports, maintain it, and assess it, unless it uses a system established by a recognised monitoring organization that is not used by its parent company
HAVET & VANHUFFEL – Association d’avocats The judgment responds to a request for a preliminary ruling submitted to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the Budapest-Capital Court and concerns the interpretation of Regulation (EU) No...