The Health and Safety Executive just fined an HS2 contractor 400,000 GBP for a workplace injury. Here's what it means for infrastructure safety compliance.
1️⃣ Health and Safety Executive — HS2 contractor fined 400,000 GBP after tipper truck driver injured
The regulator issued a 400,000 GBP fine plus costs after a driver was struck by a moving vehicle during a major infrastructure project.
This enforcement action hits all high-value construction firms and logistics contractors who must ensure rigorous segregation of pedestrians and vehicles on sites.
Safety directors must immediately audit site traffic management plans and verify that risk assessments account for hazards posed by visiting delivery drivers.
2️⃣ European Banking Authority — EBA publishes revised SREP Guidelines
The EBA has finalized revised guidelines for the common procedures and methodologies for the supervisory review and evaluation process to include digital resilience and ESG.
This development hits credit institutions across the European Union who must now integrate climate risk and DORA compliance into their internal assessments.
Financial institutions should review their risk management frameworks against these updated standards to prepare for intensive supervisory scrutiny regarding operational and environmental resilience.
3️⃣ Finansinspektionen — Major changes in periodic AML reporting
The Swedish financial supervisor has overhauled the periodic reporting requirements for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing to improve data quality and risk oversight.
These changes hit a wide variety of financial entities including banks, insurance companies, and payment service providers operating within the Swedish market.
Affected firms must rapidly adapt technical reporting infrastructure and internal data gathering processes to comply with the modified fields and frequency of submissions.
4️⃣ Financial Services and Markets Authority — Agreed settlement with Banque Degroof Petercam
The FSMA has reached a settlement involving a payment of 1.25 million EUR following an investigation into investment services and organizational conduct at a major bank.
The settlement hits wealth management professionals and investment service providers who are subject to the MiFID II organizational and conduct of business requirements.
Compliance officers should utilize this case as a benchmark to assess internal control systems regarding the prevention of conflicts of interest and client protection.
5️⃣ Directorate-General for Competition — Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Sanofi
The European Commission has initiated a formal antitrust investigation to determine if the pharmaceutical company engaged in exclusionary disparagement of a rival flu vaccine.
This probe hits large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare marketing departments who must ensure that product promotion does not stray into anticompetitive behavior.
Market participants should watch for emerging precedents from this case regarding the legal definition of disparagement under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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— Elena Navarro · Managing Editor, RegNext
Daily Europe Radar · Friday 26 Jun 2026
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