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GPSR: General Product Safety Regulation
There are many directives and regulations that address product compliance. Still it is practically impossible to cover all risks for all consumer products. The solution is a broad-based legislation to fill possible gaps and to complement existing and future legislation.
Child appealing electrical appliances
The risks associated with household appliances that have designs that attract children
From Timber to Deforestation Regulation
The main driver of deforestation and forest degradation is the expansion of agricultural land, which is linked to the production of seven commodities: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, and wood; and some of their derived products, such as leather or furniture.
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR)
ESPR, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation provides the framework for more sustainable and circular products.
The PFHxA restriction
The PFHxA restriction enters into force on 10 October 2024, taking effect after transitional periods between 18 months and 5 years.
Microplastics
Overall, around 145,000 tonnes of microplastics are estimated to be used in the EU each year. And 42,000 tonnes of these microplastics end up in the environment from products intentionally containing them. The largest contribution with up to 16,000 tonnes is made by granules from artificial turf pitches.
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Flame retardants
Flame retardants are chemicals added to plastics (including rubbers) and used to prevent ignition or spread of flame by the product (material) when there is a heat source in the vicinity of the product. Flame retardants are useful chemical additives but some of them are hazardous and therefore restricted or banned.
What are plastics and rubbers?
Plastics and rubber materials are both made from the same families of polymers. The polymers are mixed with a complex blend of materials known as additives. Rubbers are elastomers, these are polymers with an elastic property. This elasticity differentiates rubbers from plastics
EMC standards
How to pick the applicable one(s) from more than 150 harmonised EMC standards Start be getting the latest summary list of Harmonised EMC standards from the European Commission’s website. Then proceed as follows
Harmonised radio frequencies
Wireless products require radio frequencies to work. The allocation of frequencies is done by each Member State in their regional frequency plans or registers. Once frequencies are allocated for a certain use, it is difficult to allocate these frequencies for other uses as well without causing interference with
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
The following standards are no longer harmonised because member states raised formal objections. These standards are therefore no longer sufficient to declare conformity your products.
National Chemical Restrictions - Sweden
Sweden has additional national rules restricting certain substances in chemical products and articles in addition to existing European restrictions on chemical substances.
Plastic food contact materials
The EU has very specific rules on plastics in contact with food. What are the requirements?
Energy Labels
Consumers drive competition Energy labels make it simple for consumer to choose products that save money and energy. Companies have to innovate and supply more and more energy efficient products to keep a competitive advantage.
Quality assurance
Compliance testing is often done on one or a small numbers of samples or even prototypes of the final product, so called type-testing. It is however required that compliance is maintained during mass production. Manufacturers and others involved in the supply chain shall take measures to verify that every produced
Ecodesign external power supplies
The EU framework for ecodesign requirements of many energy-related products (ERP) is directive 2009/125/EC. Within this framework the EU has published three regulations all related to household and office equipment.
