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Major overhaul to environmental legislation: What does it mean for you?
Penalties for many environmental crimes will double under the Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Bill 2024.
Global | Publication | May 2017
Treaty/Act: CETA/Bill C-30 (An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States and to provide for certain other measures)
With Canada moving closer towards implementing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), major reforms to Canada’s Patent Act are coming soon, including the availability of Certificates of Supplementary Protection (CSPs): a new form of patent protection (i.e., patent term restoration) for pharmaceuticals in Canada. A CSP may extend the patent term of eligible pharmaceutical products by up to two years.
While further details of the CSP regime will be prescribed by regulations, which have yet to be published, based on Bill C-30 the following considerations can inform preparedness:
Are you CETA ready? Contact Norton Rose Fulbright with all your CETA questions.
Bill-30, Third Reading (House of Commons)
Text of the final Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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Penalties for many environmental crimes will double under the Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Bill 2024.
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On March 13, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) published two Canadian sustainability standard exposure drafts – CSDS 1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and CSDS 2, Climate-related Disclosures (Draft Canadian Standards).
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