On March 15, the French Administrative Court granted urgent petitions filed by the two applicants Der Gruene Punkt Duales System Deutschland GmbH and PRO Europe Sprl. The petitioners` applications have put the enforcement of the Decree on misleading labeling with regard to the separate collection of product waste from November 30, 2020 on hold. All […]
Last week two publications have moved medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) further into focus of regulatory ambitions under REACH Regulation 1907/2006 and RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU: ∞ The European Chemicals Agency announced their intention to include MCCPs in the candidate list, which would confirm their identification as a substance of very high concern (svhc). MCCPs belong to […]
On January 1, 2021 the new law on waste products No. 542/2020 entered into force in the Czech Republic. It introduces a “Visible Fee” requirement for electrical and electronic equipment. This means that the cost for taking back, treating and disposing of waste equipment must be displayed separately from the product price on the invoice […]
On January 19, the IEC 62474 was updated. The international standard contains the declarable substances list (DSL), exemption lists, material classifications and material declaration data exchange specifications. The list provides valuable support for manufacturers and suppliers in order to specify and control substances which are subject to regulations and may be present in electrical and […]
After France has already taken on the lead among the member states in connection with the EU’s “Circular Economy Action Plan” and its strategy for sustainable products (e.g. “Reparability Index” labeling required since January 1, 2021), the trend towards strengthening sustainable product design in the context of waste legislation is also progressing in Germany. At […]
Today we are excited to launch the second of our 6 main service modules – NovaLoop GLORIA. NovaLoop GLORIA (“ Global Regulatory Impact Alerting”) is our solution to keep you up to date with constantly changing regulatory requirements and to reliably ensure that your environmental data management base for RoHS, REACH, ELV (IMDS & POPs), […]
Today we are excited to launch the first of our 6 main service modules – COSIMA. NovaLoop COSIMA is our solution for your material data management (“Compliant Substance Inventory Management”). This module comprises of several components which are built as an intuitive and interrelating structure: Substance Inventory Mapping Company Audit Gap Analysis Workshop Implementation & […]
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. […]
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”) […]
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 […]