EU – Product safety rules Consumer product safety
The General Product Safety Directive EU rules on product safety are defined in the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), which ensures that only safe products are sold on the market. Under the Directive, a product is safe if it meets all statutory safety requirements under European or national law. If there are no regulations or EU standards referenced in the Official […]
Read more EU – ECHA Publishes PFAS Restriction Proposal
On 29 February 2024, the REACH committee meeting of the European Commission saw the EU Member States vote in favor of limiting undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and related substances. Originally put forth by the German authorities in 2020, the proposal was subsequently endorsed by the scientific committees of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in late […]
Read more EU GPSD 2001/95/EC – Certain Children’s Products
EU – Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1338 Safety Requirements to be Met by European Standards for Certain Children’s Products Pursuant to GPSD 2001/95/EC Recently the Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1338 was published on June 30, 2023, stipulating the safety requirements to be met by European standards for certain children’s products and related products pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament […]
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