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This Practice Note provides a detailed overview of the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (NDRHI). It includes an overview of the NDRHI eligibility requirements, application process and ongoing obligations. It also includes a summary of the substantive changes that were implemented by the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2018 and the further changes introduced by the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme and Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018. This includes coverage of the ‘tariff guarantees’, updated power efficiency requirements, biomethane commissioning, and new forms of excluded heat use. The Practice Note provides explanation of the interface between the NDRHI and Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), the NDRHI and the Renewables Obligation (RO), the NDRHI and the Contracts for Difference (CfD), and the NDRHI and the Capacity Market. The Practice Note concludes by introducing the Green Gas Support Scheme, which is the successor subsidy scheme to the NDRHI.

As a result of the conflict in Ukraine and the unprecedented imposition of sanctions which followed, in March 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) laid down a clear marker that policing sanctions compliance is a high priority for it and stressed that ‘Where the FCA identifies failings in financial crime systems and controls we can impose restrictions and/or take enforcement action.’ This Q&A considers what this means for senior managers and the standard expected of them in order to discharge their personal regulatory duties under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) in relation to sanctions compliance.

Following the introduction of the Senior Managers & Certification Regime, the regulators’ appetite for pursuing enforcement cases against senior managers is ever increasing. Samantha Paul of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, shares some insider tips on what steps senior managers should be taking to fulfil their personal regulatory duties and, ultimately, avoid becoming the subject of regulatory enforcement action.

This Checklist focuses on the IP aspects of R&D agreements and identifies the key terms typically included in an R&D agreement. This document can be used as a checklist of issues to consider when drafting, reviewing or negotiating such agreements. Key competition law considerations are also considered.

This Checklist focuses on the intellectual property (IP) aspects of vertical agreements. It covers the key competition law considerations and considers the following issues: the parties to and structure of vertical agreements, identifying the IP, the scope of the licence, restricting the use of the IP, IP ownership, third-party IP, protection of licensor’s IP and warranties and indemnities.