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From 1 August 2016, you can transfer personal data from the EU to organisations in the US that have committed to adhere to the principles of the EU-US Privacy Shield. Here we examine what this means for UK and other EU businesses.

The EU Market Abuse Regulation - What does it mean for employee share plans?

The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)

In Autumn 2015, the Government carried out a consultation into business energy efficiency taxes. As a result, it announced in March 2016 that it will abolish the CRC from the end of the 2018-19 compliance year and increase the main rate of climate change levy from 1 April 2019.

Following the London Stock Exchange's consultation on the AIM Rules to reflect the introduction of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") (see your briefing), AIM Regulation has, as expected, published some guidance in its newsletter "Inside AIM".

The text of the much anticipated new EU General Data Protection Regulation has finally been voted through just a few hours ago by the European Parliament. All that remains is for its publication in the Official Journal, likely to be mid-May, and the two year implementation period will run from this date.

We refer throughout this note to "listed companies". Readers should note that the relevant rules will affect issuers of securities traded on a range of venues, including the main market and AIM.

The Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (the "ODR Regulations") introduced the European Commission's online dispute resolution platform (the "ODR Platform"), with effect from 15 February 2016.