Legal texts can be overwhelming to anyone who is not a lawyer. Explanations can become complicated quite quickly, particularly when they come from a lawyer. Yet it is important to be able at least to determine from a legal text if your company is covered by it and if so how to prepare and respond. In this webinar we will take a look at what EU-legislation is, how the EU typically makes laws and how to read them in a way that ensures you can extract the basics from EU-legislation that might have an impact on your doing business, even if it does not affect you directly.

• How does this law affect manufacturers?
• How to understand if I am directly or indirectly within scope? How much work is this law for me as a manufacturer?
• How can manufacturers prepare? Or What manufacturers need to have in place, or what is needed from a compliance, legal and admin stand point?
• Who do I answer to, who can fine me?
• What is the timeline of this law? What are the consequences for manufacturers?

Speaker:

Ingrid Elbertse, policy and advocacy officer for Fair Wear Foundation and EU lawyer.

Ingrid joined Fair Wear in 2019, is part of the lobby and advocacy team, and represents Fair Wear in the German language area. She has a background in textile design and EU and international law, and has worked for NGOs as well as in commerce. Ingrid is based in Berlin.