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6th Jun 2023

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Japan and five other countries to face EU travel restrictions

Japan, as well as Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brunei, and Serbia are shortly to be removed from the EU's 'white list' of countries for which it recommends no Covid-linked travel restrictions, diplomats told Reuters. The preliminary decision, on Tuesday, comes after the EU, in late September, also removed Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and the US from the safe list, which now numbers fewer than 20 nations worldwide.

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Analysis

Final steps for EU's due diligence on supply chains law

Final negotiations on the EU due diligence law begin this week. But will this law make companies embed due diligence requirements in their internal processes or incentive them to outsource their obligations to third parties?

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