… at the 3rd Product Substance Management & Regulatory Compliance Conference taking place on 28th & 29th of April 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. We can´t wait to finally see you again! This week the NovaLoop team takes part in the Future Bridge Materials Management Series 2022 as an Exhibiting Partner and Speaker. Use this opportunity […]
The concept of extended producer responsibility for products has held manufacturers and distributors in the EU responsible for the return and disposal of end-of-life products for many years. Although the applicable obligations are already well established for a variety of product categories, e. g. electrical appliances, packaging and batteries, the extended producer responsibility system is […]
The path to a circular economy is hard to imagine without a recast of product-related material requirements. For the European “Green Deal” goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, which is as ambitious as it is necessary, the measures envisaged in the circular economy action plan to transform our “take-make-use-dispose” behavior into a circular economy […]
We are excited to announce our next series of webinars on Material Data Management & Compliance. Join us and learn how Europe´s transition towards a Circular Economy will impact your company´s material data management! We will provide you with an update on the latest developments on SCIP, Prop65, RoHS and REACH. The number of participants […]
Despite supposedly harmonized environmental legislation in the EU, more and more diverging national requirements have been identified in recent years. This comes with great challenges for manufacturers and distributors of electrical appliances, for example with respect to labelling and information obligations. Since the beginning of 2021, France has been requiring an assessment and labeling of […]
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), […]