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European Union: Provisional agreement reached on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Import and Trade Remedies

The Regulation will replace the current Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive 94/62/EC , aiming to reduce packaging waste and introducing a range of sustainability measures including a requirement for all packaging to be recyclable by 2030.

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The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: Key Provisions Government Contractors Should Know

Government Contracts Legal Forum

Section 826 also requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to issue implementing guidance no later than thirty days after the NDAA’s enactment. The authority for this pilot program will sunset on January 1, 2029.

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Friday Flash 04/26/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The overarching goal of the rule is to reorganize and simplify the FAR’s many sustainability provisions, moving non-sustainability items in FAR Part 23 elsewhere and consolidating or updating other requirements. Procuring sustainable products and services is presumed practical under the new rule with limited exceptions.

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Friday Flash 3/08/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Like the FAR rule, the new DFARS rule: Modifies the definition of domestic end product, qualifying country end product, and domestic construction material by increasing the domestic content threshold to 65 percent for calendar years 2024 through 2028, and to 75 percent beginning in calendar year 2029.