19 April 2018 | Spring is in the air, and so are we in 2018 - Legal 500, Chambers and WTR 1000
Spring is in the air. The birds start chirping, mother nature flourishes and the new law firm rankings are published. Chambers, Legal 500 and WTR1000 researched the market and concluded their findings in the spring rankings. Only the best make it into these... - Read more
13 March 2018 | Stirring things up: ingredients and nutrients mandatory for alcoholic beverages
On 29 March last year, I wrote that the European Commission requested the alcohol industry to propose a self-regulatory framework about the labelling of alcoholic beverages (>1.2% alcohol). This proposal should arrange for mandatory inclusion of the... - Read more
20 February 2018 | Update: proposal for new legal maximum vitamin B6 in food supplements
On 1 February 2018 a draft proposal was sent to the European Commission by The Netherlands, announcing a new maximum level and several mandatory warning for vitamin B6 in food supplements. Levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements are not yet... - Read more
14 February 2018 | EHRM Sekmadienis – The right to freedom of expression in advertising
Decency in advertising is a frequently recurring subject in complaints at the Dutch Advertising Code Committee (RCC). In handling these complaints about ads being too scary, rude, sexy or otherwise inappropriate, the RCC has to decide on whether the ad is... - Read more