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WHAT'S NEXT?: Improving standards are likely to be driven more by business and technological improvement than governments in the future. The latter will be under severe pressure to cut bureaucracy, speed policy making and improve their nation's productivity performance.

  • India's central food regulatory authority, The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, has approved an amendment to the existing regulations governing food, due to which only one certification from FSSAI will be required for manufacturing and selling of packaged food products. Lexology
  • European Union policymakers hope to agree new rules on Tuesday to promote domestic production of equipment for solar and wind power, fuel cells and other clean technologies to ensure its industry can compete with Chinese and U.S. competitors. Foundation for Defense of Democracies
  • Global regulations in the EU and the US, focusing on data protection, ethical use of AI, and sustainability goals, are anticipated to take effect. VentureBeat
  • The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have introduced personal accountability regimes designed to increase industry awareness of conduct risk and regulatory expectations for managing it. Protiviti
  • The climate roadmap will be the first step toward rules for the next decade that will require more sustainable consumer lifestyles and restrictions on businesses and agriculture. Energy Connects
  • The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently chosen a group of quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms that will offer a cost-effective way to secure satellite communications against future quantum computer threats. Scientific American
  • To address the associated energy costs, the Singapore Government launched the world's first standard for optimising energy efficiency for data centers in tropical climates, which will result in data centers gradually increasing their running temperatures from 22 °C to 26 °C and above. The Royal Society of Victoria
  • Today, Mastercard and Last Mile Solutions announced a new partnership to establish new payment standards for the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging industry, that will enhance the user payment experience at charging stations. Fintech Finance
  • Located in Georgia, USA, LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels will produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel per year from low carbon and certified ethanol, meeting U.S. and global standards. Biofuels Central
  • An initiative focused on food and nutrition analysis that conducts biannual studies across 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, approximately 26.5 million Nigerians are expected to experience extreme levels of food insecurity in 2024. Businessday NG
  • Country-specific approaches to regulating AI will continue in 2024, as will principles-based laws that capture AI innovation, AI ethics, and consumer rights. SymphonyAI
  • While Bank governor Andrew Bailey said that inflation is moving in the right direction, upward price pressures could flare up again as new Brexit trade rules come into effect and tensions in the Middle East intensify, meaning rates may remain higher for longer. The Motley Fool UK
  • For 2024, the Commission plans to draft new quantum standards and revise existing standards on safety, privacy and cybersecurity of quantum computing and communication technology. www.euractiv.com
  • China introduced rules on generative AI last year, while US President Joe Biden issued an executive order regulating the technology, but the EU's law is the most comprehensive, with binding rules on a wide range of issues from risk to copyright. Tech Xplore
  • Forty thousand normal rail bogies will be converted to Vande Bharat standards to enhance the safety, convenience and comfort of passengers. The South First
  • China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran will conduct everything from espionage to cyber crime to achieve their respective goals. SADA
  • The EU's AI Act will set legally binding rules and requirements for AI systems and models, affecting actors across the entire AI value chain globally. Clifford Chance
  • The CFPB will be developing new rules that define a data broker that sells certain types of consumer data as a consumer reporting agency (CRA) under FCRA. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
  • After multiple delays, the UK Border Target Operating Model will finally come into force, imposing new rules that will impact the movement of certain goods coming into the UK from the EU. FoodManufacture.co.uk
  • The SPS Certification Working group, which represents 30 trade bodies covering £100bn of the UK's food supply, has said new rules requiring importers to notify authorities a day before they arrive in the UK was unfeasible and could mean that some European businesses decide to stop supplying the UK. The Guardian
  • Brussels has often used economic threats against member states, including Hungary and Poland in disputes over the rule of law and Greece during the Eurozone crisis. The Telegraph
  • The new GRI Biodiversity Standard arrives at a time when biodiversity is on a precipice: the latest IPBES assessment warns that biodiversity is declining in every region; while 50% of the global economy is under threat due to biodiversity loss (WEF analysis). SG Voice
  • The next step is already in progress: in 2024, data from the cancer registries of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony will be evaluated for follow-up in order to further examine the screening effect of DBT + SM compared to the previous screening standard. ScienceDaily

Last updated: 08 February 2024



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