New registration obligation for packaging in Spain

The Spanish packaging law obliges producers to register their packaging. Distributors from abroad must also register through an authorised representative if they sell packaged products in Spain.

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General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 obliges
GPSR Risk Analysis Required

Mandatory for almost every product: According to the GPSR, producers must draw up technical documentation for the products they place on the market. The technical documentation must be based on an internal risk analysis.

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General Product Safety Regulation requires Responsible Person
EU Responsible Person Service for the GPSR and more

Since 16 July 2021, it is against the law to sell products with CE marking without a Responsible Person in the EU. In addition, a Responsible Person must also be specified in accordance with the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988.

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Ready for the new Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Find out which obligations the EU Batteries Regulation places on you and how to deal with them in your specific case. Receive comprehensive information on how to implement your obligations with regard to labelling, battery passport, EPR and due diligence obligations in the supply chain.

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France: Triman and Info-Tri on textiles

According to the decree n°2021-835 from 29th June 2021, all French take-back systems have to develop a sorting information per waste stream, with the purpose to help the consumers sort their waste correctly. All items of clothing, household linen and footwear brought onto the French market are concerned.
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France: Triman and Info-Tri on furniture

The information for the consumer always consists of the Triman symbol together with the info-tri (sorting information), which have to be displayed together. It applies to household furniture, both to indoor and to outdoor furniture.
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take-e-way takes back 29,290 t of electrical appliances

Together with its partners, take-e-way GmbH has collected 29,290 t of waste electrical and electronic equipment (previous year: 26,628 t) and handed over to certified primary treatment facilities on behalf of their customers for the purpose of preparation for reuse or for feedstock recycling.
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LUCID number deposited with online marketplaces

The law firm IT-Recht-Kanzlei informs that generally online marketplaces, i.e. in addition to Amazon and eBay also etsy, Hood, Kasuwa, Kaufland and others, are obliged from 1 July 2022 to check whether their traders act in conformity with the Packaging Act.
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Publishers and bookshops must register with LUCID

All publishers and bookshops that send packaged goods to end customers must register in the LUCID packaging register. What is also new is that intermediaries or publishing house distributors must ask their customers to register, otherwise neither books nor other goods could possibly be shipped in conformity with the law from 1 July 2022.
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Take-back concept for B2B devices to be deposited by 30 June 2022

There is a risk of fines. The confiscation of undue profits may be a consequence of the violation of the take-back concept.
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Obligations for producers of transport packaging

In addition to registration, which had to be completed by 1 July 2022, distributors of transport packaging have further obligations, which we have compiled for you here.
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Grocers must take back waste electrical equipment

In addition to the classic supermarkets, discounters and – according to the Federal Environment Agency – drugstores, all other traders are also considered food traders as long as they meet the corresponding requirements (offering food, minimum sales floor space).
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UBA checks traders in EU WEEE registers

This case impressively shows the meanwhile existing networking of public authorities in the field of WEEE. Against this backdrop, every pan-European manufacturer should be aware that the shipping options of its web shop can already lead to conclusions about the shipment of electrical appliances to other European countries.
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Packaging Act warning for entertainment software

In addition to the submission of a cease-and-desist declaration with a penalty clause, costs were demanded in almost all cases on the basis of an object value of € 10,000.00, i.e. around € 973.66.
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