NovaLoop GmbH - Israel REACh
  • 18. January 2021

Israel – New REACH draft law implements centralized registration management

Israel has notified a new “REACH” draft law to the WTO on January 6, 2021. The “Industrial Chemicals Registering Law, no 5781-2020″ establishes a new mechanism aiming to reduce harmful effects to humans and the environment from chemicals used as raw materials in the local industry. Comments may be submitted within 60 days of notification. […]
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NovaLoop GmbH- News
  • 5. January 2021

SCIP: Duty to provide information applies as of today (January 5, 2021)!

Long anticipated, the obligation to provide information on the substances of the REACh Candidate List in the SCIP database at ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has, in most Member States, come into force today. This means that producers, importers, downstream users or distributors placing articles on the market which contain SVHCs (“Substances of Very High Concern”) […]
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NovaLoop GmbH - News
  • 29. December 2020

LATEST PROPOSAL FOR AN EU BATTERIES REGULATION: Transition towards a set of rules covering the whole battery life-cycle!

As part of its efforts under the EU Green Deal including the strategic action plan on batteries and the new circular economy action plan, the EU Commission published a proposal to modernize the legislative framework for batteries. Among others, the initiative aims are addressing several interlinked problems: The lack of framework conditions providing incentives to […]
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NovaLoop GmbH - Christmas
  • 18. December 2020

SEASON’S GREETINGS

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry In this spirit, our team would like to thank all our clients and partners for their cooperation and support in a year that presented us all with special challenges, but also offered great opportunities for us […]
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NovaLoop GmbH - Sustainability Compliance
  • 15. December 2020

Environmental Claims – Caught between sustainability and regulatory compliance

In 2018, 18.9 million tons of packaging waste was generated in Germany, of which approx. 47% originated from private households (source: Federal Environment Agency). Hence, not only for products but also for packaging, the topics of sustainability and environmental impact are more and more coming into focus for consumers. Especially for product packaging, labels such […]
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NovaLoop GmbH – Webinare
  • 8. December 2020

What will move us in 2021 – it is time to make a wish!

Wir leben in einer Zeit der großen Herausforderungen – und auch nach der Corona-Pandemie werden Unternehmen sich auf weitere globale Herausforderungen einstellen müssen! Getrieben durch die Dringlichkeit der Entwicklungen findet das Thema Nachhaltigkeit eine immer stärkere Einbindung in den Unternehmensalltag der Zukunft – bei gleichzeitiger Zunahme entsprechender Regulierungen. Da das neue Jahr schon unmittelbar vor […]
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NovaLoop - Timber Regulation
  • 1. December 2020

UPDATE: Fitness check of the EU Timber Regulation

At the end of November, the European Commission closed the public consultation on a fitness check for the EU Timber Regulation (EU) No. 995/2010. In addition to the review of the EU Timber Regulation, the fitness check also serves to reflect on the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005) in […]
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NovaLoop GmbH - EU Plastics Tax
  • 25. November 2020

Under the spotlight… EU plastics “tax”

The next long-term budget 2021-2027 outlines a plastics “tax”, applicable from January 1, 2021, which is wildly debated in the media and industry. Within the framework of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) adopted on 10 November 2020, a plastics tax was agreed upon: from 1 January 2021, contributions from EU Member States will also […]
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BREXIT RoHS REACH NovaLoop
  • 19. November 2020

POST-BREXIT – Get yourself an update with our RoHS and REACH overview

UKCA, UK(NI) or CE? According to the changes of the UK RoHS and UK REACH, which entered into effect on BREXIT-date, new labelling and information requirements will apply from January 2021:   NovaLoop LIFE Module offers a solution that is tailored to your products and provides a practical solution for individual labeling and information requirements. […]
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  • 11. November 2020

UPDATE FRANCE – New labelling requirements for smartphones, screens and TVs, notebooks are on their way

What´s the reparability-index of your product? On 30 October 2020, France notified the WTO of two draft laws on the reparability index of electrical and electronic equipment. The “Decree on the Reparability Index of Electrical and Electronic Equipment” contains the modalities for application of the Reparability Index and obliges manufacturers, importers and distributors of equipment […]
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