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EU rules for green products due in March and 'right to repair' in July, draft plan shows

By Giulia Bedini and Matthew Newman
  • 07 Dec 2021 09:57
  • 07 Dec 2021 10:35
EU manufacturers should get clarity on regulatory plans to boost the spread of eco-friendly products and tackle "greenwashing" next March, according to documents seen by MLex. 
The European Commission's “Circular Economy Package” is scheduled for Mar. 30, according to a draft commission agenda setting out legislative plans for the first

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Matthew Newman

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Matthew Newman is a chief correspondent for MLex and writes about data protection, privacy, telecoms, cyber security and artificial intelligence. Matthew began his journalism career in 1991 in community newspapers. He worked as a reporter in Riga, Latvia in 1993 and then moved to Chicago where he covered local news. In 1995, he became a personal finance reporter for Dow Jones Newswires, and was then transferred to Brussels in 1999. He specialized in EU regulatory affairs, including trade and telecom issues. He began covering competition for Bloomberg News as an EU court reporter in 2004. In 2010, he was named spokesman for Viviane Reding, the EU’s justice commissioner. In January 2012, he helped launch the commission’s proposal to overall data protection rules.

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