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Argentina: New fiscal unit specialized in investigation of cybercrimes created

January 14, 2023 by Fernando Goldaracena, Nicolás Servente and Candela Perri 3 Mins Read

Pursuant to Resolution MPF-SI No. 8/22, dated 27 December 2022, the district attorney of the Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) of the province of Buenos Aires created the Specialized Prosecutor Unit for the Investigation of Cybercrime (UFECI), which will have jurisdiction throughout the judicial department of San Isidro (composed of the localities of Pilar, San Fernando, San Isidro, Tigre and Vicente López). The UFECI was created to address, in a more efficient and successful way, investigations related to highly complex criminal maneuvers.

In Product Regulation & Liability

European Union: Decentralized clinical trials – Six takeaways from new guidance

January 14, 2023 by Julia Gillert and Jaspreet Takhar 5 Mins Read

A new EU-level recommendation paper sets out wide-ranging recommendations for sponsors of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). The Paper is great news for sponsors facing an array of grey areas and gaps in regulatory guidance around DCTs. It provides guidance on common issues in designing and implementing DCTs: from documenting the delegation of tasks to digital service providers, to obtaining e-consents and how investigators should manage new streams of incoming data. The recommendations are not legally binding, but the Paper nevertheless represents a vital step towards a common basis for implementing DCTs across the EU.

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Indonesia: The new Job Creation Government Regulation in lieu of Law

January 14, 2023 by Mita Djajadiredja, Nadia Soraya, Cahyani Endahayu, Alvira M. Wahjosoedibjo and Dyah Ayu Paramita 8 Mins Read

The Government of Indonesia issued Government Regulation in lieu of Law No. 2 of 2022 on Job Creation on 30 December 2022 (“Job Creation GRL”). This opens the second act of the Omnibus Law following the scrutiny by the Constitutional Court of the formalities in the creation of the original Job Creation Law which was issued in 2020. Content-wise, the 1,117-page Job Creation GRL is a non-identical twin sibling of the original Job Creation Law with substantive changes on halal certification, employment, taxation, and regional government as well as some non-substantive changes in other sectors such as water resources.

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Czech Republic: Amendment to Act on Consumer Protection and Civil Code

January 12, 2023 by Martin Hrodek, Kristína Doupal, Timoteus Hudcovic and Lenka Bešťáková 4 Mins Read

An extensive amendment to the Act on Consumer Protection and the Civil Code came into effect on 6 January 2023. In this article we focus on changes introduced by the amendment in relation to liability for defects and guarantee.

In AML & Financial Services Regulatory

Indonesia: Financing service businesses under the P2SK Law

January 10, 2023 by Erwandi Hendarta, Mahardikha K. Sardjana, Eddie Prabowo Dewanda, Johan Kurnia and Amanda Besar 6 Mins Read

The soon-to-be enacted P2SK Law introduces “financing service businesses” as a new umbrella term for several categories of financing services, covering the businesses of finance companies (multifinance), venture capital companies, infrastructure financing companies, IT-based collective funding service providers (peer-to-peer lending platforms), and pawnbroker companies.

In Product Regulation & Liability

Peru: Trade facilitation measures for household hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products

January 7, 2023 by Luis Alonso Garcia, Alvaro Gutierrez and Rosmery Rivera 2 Mins Read

Decision No. 908 of the Commission of the Andean Community was published in the Official Journal of the Cartagena Agreement N° 5097 on 29 December 2022. Through Decision 908, the provisions of Decision 706 (Harmonization of legislation on household hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products) have been amended, in the sense of facilitating imports of these products from third countries.

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Peru: Questions on the prohibition of the use of stickers to attach warnings on food labeling

January 7, 2023 by Gonzalo Bernal Neumann, Luis Alonso Garcia and Alvaro Gutierrez 2 Mins Read

The deadline that allows the use of adhesives or stickers to attach octagonal advertising warnings on imported processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages (imported foods) in accordance with the healthy eating framework was on 31 December 2022. In the absence of a new extension allowing the use of stickers to date, a number of questions arise, which are addressed in this alert.

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Brazil: IBAMA publishes a Directive establishing a new system for Forest Origin Traceability Document (DOF+)

January 6, 2023 by Renata Campetti Amaral, Giovani Bruno Tomasoni and Alexandre Salomão Jabra 3 Mins Read

IBAMA Directive No. 16, which became effective on 5 December 2022, introduced a system for Forestry Traceability Source Document (DOF+)as a tool for issuance, management and monitoring of mandatory licenses for the transport and storage of forestry products from native species in Brazil.

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France: Fight against medical devices and in vitro diagnosis medical devices shortages mechanism currently being discussed in the French Parliament

January 6, 2023 by Julie Yeni, Caroline Arrighi-Savoie and Mélodie Truong 3 Mins Read

The long-awaited implementation in statutory law of the fight against medical devices and in vitro diagnosis medical devices shortages mechanism is currently being discussed in the French Parliament, in a bill containing various provisions adapting French law to European Union law on diverse topics and particularly in the field of public health.