According to Article 9 No. 2, producers must draw up technical documentation for the products they place on the market containing the information necessary to demonstrate the safety of these products.

For sellers, a maximum empty space percentage of 50% is set for outer packaging, transport packaging and packaging for e-commerce. Producers and importers are obliged to ensure that the weight and volume of the packaging is minimised.

The amendments are intended to bring the WEEE Directive into line with a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) from 2022.

1,489 German companies are affected. The CDU/CSU delegation fears indirect effects on smaller companies. The plans could cause companies to withdraw completely from developing countries.

The VERE Association offers an aid package against fire risks from lithium batteries, which contains information texts and instructions, information inserts for product packaging, information stickers for the battery compartments of electrical appliances in German language as well as masking tape for the terminals of lithium batteries.

Sellers should check whether the producers of their products are properly registered with the EAR Foundation. A lack of registration constitutes an infringement of competition rules.

Italy rejects bans on single-use packaging (Article 22) and the reusable packaging targets for various sectors and packaging formats (Article 26) in the EU Packaging Regulation and has voted against the negotiating mandate for the trialogue.

In October, the ECJ ruled that the obligation for sellers to refer to the energy efficiency class and the range of efficiency classes in their visually perceptible advertising or technical promotional material arises directly from Regulation 2017/1369.

The CDU/CSU parliamentary group is calling for the European Council to work in favour of stopping the European Supply Chain Directive and for a moratorium on burdens that does not impose any additional bureaucracy on businesses and citizens until the end of 2025.

Mobile phones, tablets, notebooks, digital cameras, eBook readers, headphones and similar devices are affected. Most devices must comply with the new regulations by 28 December 2024, all devices by 28 April 2028.

The Federal Ministry for the Environment is planning to publish the drafts for the amendments to the Electrical und Electronic Equipment Act and the Batteries Act in the first quarter of 2024.

Member states such as Italy and several small EU countries have voiced clear criticism and widespread scepticism. It is unclear when the member states will vote again on the EU Supply Chain Directive.

Increasing European competitiveness appears to have played a central role in the agreement for the Belgian Presidency. In order to achieve this goal, the postponement is one way of reducing the administrative burden for companies.

Products, including glitter, that are made of inorganic, natural, biodegradable or water-soluble material are not included in the scope. Beads, sequins and other embellishments intended to be threaded or sewn on are considered articles and are not in scope.

In the first version of ECHA CHEM you will find information from all of the more than 100,000 REACh registrations that companies have submitted to ECHA.

Radio-controlled sockets, energy-saving boxes, hand-held transmitters, radio remote controls, radio transmitters and inverters for balcony power stations are particularly affected. The intensive cooperation between the Federal Network Agency and customs ensures effective market surveillance. If non-compliant products are identified, they are stopped at the…

Products such as inks and toners, adhesives and sealants as well as detergents and cleaning agents are affected. Incorrect or omitted SCIP notifications of articles containing SVHC are penalised with a fine of up to 10,000 euros per case.

The main products affected are washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, hoovers, bicycles and mobile phones. The provisional agreement applies to all products subject to repairability requirements under Union law and includes an obligation for manufacturers of such goods to repair them; a European Repair Information Form will also be set up to provide…