Hundreds of incidents occur yearly where children are harmed after contact with dangerous chemicals. According to national poison centres these accidents happen frequently with household chemical products that require child-resistant fastenings.
Chances are that your product contains PFAS and PFCA! Restrictions are already in place. Some additional restrictions will come into effect early next year. PFAS are used in a wide variety of consumer products because of their unique chemical and physical properties.
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) 94/62/EC aims to reduce the impact of packaging (waste) to the environment. The first priority is to reduce packaging amounts. Packaging shall be limited to the minimum volume and weight while still maintaining an adequate level of safety, hygiene and practicality
REACh Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 is the major and very comprehensive chemical legislation for the EU. It ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment from chemical risks. REACh regulates chemical substances on their own, but it also sets the rules for these substances in articles.
How have Member States implemented Battery Directive 2006/66/EC of 6 September 2006 on (waste) batteries and accumulators and what are the consequences for producers, importers and retailers?
The European PPWD Directive 94/62/EC defines requirements for the design and environmental impact of packaging and packaging waste (PPW)
Multimedia product standards will end confusion for many consumer products.
The main objective of the Battery Directive 2006/66/EC is to minimise the negative impact of waste batteries on the environment, in particular the impact of three problematic heavy metals: mercury, lead and cadmium. The Battery Directive also defines the obligations for the labelling of batteries.
There are many products which may be treated with biocides, what are the rules?
Restricted and banned chemical substances are the major reason for recalls of non-food consumer goods in the EU. About 40% of the recalls in the EU are related to chemical risks.
Many directives require that products are accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users. This applies specifically to products that can only be used safely with instructions and safety information.
Required dimensions of the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol on a battery:
On July 1st, 2013, the Construction Products Directive (CPD) that was in introduced in 1988 has been replaced by the Construction Products Regulation (CPR).