The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)’s recommendation to maintain duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia, following a transition review that commenced on 6 December 2024. The duties, ranging from 8–18%, will remain in place for five years. The TRA also recommended amending the product definition to exclude sustainable aviation fuel, citing differing production processes, raw materials, customer base and limited interchangeability. The updated definition covers fatty-acid mono-alkylesters or paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis or hydrotreatment of non-fossil origin, whether in pure form or included in a blend. The review covered the investigation period from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024.

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)’s final recommendation to maintain existing anti-dumping measures on imports of ammonium nitrate from Russia for a further five years. The duties will remain at their current levels, ranging from £24,085 to £27,374 per tonne. The TRA concluded that both dumping and injury to the UK production industry, which employs approximately 500 people, would be likely to recur if the measures were removed, and that maintaining the measures is in the UK’s wider economic interest. Ammonium nitrate is used as a fertiliser in agriculture and for industrial purposes, including mining.

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)’s recommendation to maintain an anti-dumping measure on ironing boards imported from China for a further five years, until 2029. The duties will remain at their current levels, ranging from 18.1% to 42.3%, depending on the exporter. Following a transition review, the TRA concluded that maintaining the measure would help prevent the dumping of low-priced imports and subsequent injury to the UK industry, and that the measure met the Economic Interest Test. The products covered include ironing boards with or without steam soaking, heating or blowing surfaces, as well as sleeve boards and essential parts from China.

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published a scope review of countervailing duty on certain continuous filament glass fibre products originating from Egypt, in the trade remedies notice 2024/02 on 12 March 2024. The notice takes effect from 13 March 2024. In the scope review, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) concluded that on the basis that glass fibre mats are not produced in the UK and the lack of planned production in the UK, there would be no prejudice caused to interested parties or contributors and varying the description of the goods to remove mats from the scope of the measure would not undermine the intended effects of the countervailing amount. The TRA has recommended to the Secretary of State of Business and Trade that the description of the goods should be varied to excludes ‘mats made of glass fibre filaments’ which has been accepted by the Secretary. Following this acceptance, the countervailing measure will now only apply to chopped glass fibre strands no longer than 50mm and glass fibre rovings except those that are impregnated and coated and have a loss on ignition of more than 3%.

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) final recommendation to maintain anti-dumping duties on imports of cast irons from China, which range from 15.5% to 38.1%. The anti-dumping measure will be extended for five more years, until 2029, to protect the industry from being injured by low priced imports from China.

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has amended the existing designation direction made under the Energy Act 2004 (EA 2004) in respect of the Hinkley Point B AGR Station Site, which assigns responsibilities to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Under the EA 2004, such directions are the statutory mechanism by which the Secretary of State confers on the NDA responsibility for carrying out its principal function of decommissioning and cleaning up designated nuclear sites, and for specifying the scope of those responsibilities and the activities required at each site. This modification updates the earlier designation to reflect the transfer of the site to the NDA, aligns the defined land and assets with those covered by the transfer arrangements, and extends and clarifies the NDA’s responsibilities, including decommissioning, environmental clean-up and the management and operation of facilities handling hazardous materials, while removing provisions that were only relevant prior to transfer, thereby ensuring that the designation remains accurate and effective following the change in ownership and control.

The Secretary of State has approved an application submitted by East Anglia Two Limited for post-consent condition compliance regarding the discharge of Requirement 43: Restriction On Carrying Out Grid Connection Works for the East Anglia Two Offshore Wind Farm.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Emma Reynolds, has approved nuclear justification for the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor (SMR) designed by Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd under the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004, SI 2004/1769. The decision determines that the class or type of practice represented by the Rolls-Royce SMR technology is justified, as the expected benefits outweigh the potential health detriments and other associated risks. In particular, the decision cites socio-economic advantages manageable waste streams, acceptable environmental impacts and low safety and security risks. In reaching the decision, the Secretary of State considered the application submitted by the Nuclear Industry Association, responses to Defra’s December 2025 consultation and advice from statutory consultees.

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CASE HUB ARCHIVED—this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the judgment of 1 November 2020; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline and related cases. Case facts Outline Appeal before the Supreme Court by Servier Laboratories Ltd and others against the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 27 June 2019 which held that certain findings of fact made by the General Court in its judgment in Case C- 691/14 Servier and others v Commission are not binding in national proceedings, in the context of a stand-alone claim for damages following the European Commission’s decision of 9 July 2014 which found that Servier’s ‘pay for delay’ settlement agreements with generic companies for perindopril were anti-competitive (AT.39612). Latest developments On 6 November 2020, the Supreme Court issued its judgment in which it unanimously dismissed the appeal. It held that the General Court findings Servier relies on are not binding in the domestic proceedings, and declined to make a reference to the Court of

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has given notification of the start of the democratic consent process on Articles 5-10 of the Windsor Framework under Schedule 6A to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (NIA 1998). In the correspondence, addressed to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the First and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, the Speaker is asked to bring the notification to the attention of the Members of the Legislative Assembly. This will allow the Assembly to decide whether or not certain EU trade laws will continue to apply in Northern Ireland.

The Secretary of State for Transport has issued a section 35 direction under the Planning Act 2008 for the Heathrow West Terminal Project, following a request from Heathrow West Limited received on 17 December 2025. The direction allows the proposed development to be treated as requiring development consent even if it does not meet the thresholds for a nationally significant infrastructure project. The development comprises a new passenger terminal building, a satellite pier and expanded airfield infrastructure, with capacity for 40 million passengers per annum. The Secretary of State concluded that the development is nationally significant within the meaning of PA 2008, s 35(2)(c), and falls within the qualifying transport infrastructure field. However, requests concerning the application of the Airports National Policy Statement and pre-direction consultation compliance were rejected, on the basis that such matters fall outside the scope of PA 2008, s 35 directions.