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Legal updates from the SCLA Legal Observatory, announcements, activities and stories from the Swiss Chinese Law Association.
Ahead of COP31, international business representatives have outlined four strategic priorities for Antalya: advancing clean electrification, enhancing the Mitigation Work Programme, structuring adaptation efforts around public…
Hong Kong Magistrates' Courts have sentenced three incoming passengers to terms of imprisonment ranging from four weeks to six months, alongside fines from $1,000 to $4,000,…
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has extended the response deadlines for four public consultations to 26 October 2026 following a temporary website offline period required for…
The Electoral Affairs Commission of Hong Kong has issued the Guidelines on Election-related Activities in respect of the Rural Representative Election under Cap. 541, applying to…
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) released the agenda for its plenary session on 22 October 2026. The meeting addressed draft deliberations concerning the personal data…
A man arriving from Japan was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment by Hong Kong's West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts after importing 25,600 alternative smoking products, following an…
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety has instructed the trade to immediately suspend imports of poultry meat, products, and eggs from North Northumberland in the UK…
Hong Kong Customs detected a case involving a local company conducting cash transactions for luxury watches exceeding HK$120,000 without mandatory Category B registration under Cap. 615.
The European Commission has proposed to renew and reinforce the legal framework governing the European Heritage Label, an EU recognition scheme established in 2011 for sites…
At its meeting on 21–22 October 2026, the WTO Committee on Trade Facilitation progressed discussions on the second review of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, examined specific…
On October 23, 2026, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan visited Beijing to meet with central authorities, including the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry…
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to evaluate whether Omya breached EU competition rules by obliging paper industry customers to source all or…
