60-page first edition of IFSS “International Fire Safety Standards: Common Principles” was released 1st October 2020. IFSS is a global coalition of 80 organisations professional institutes and fire safety leadership organisations, including the UN. Its aim is to...
New EU online database opens for companies to declare SVHCs (substances of very high concern) in articles. ECHA (the European Chemical Agency) has opened the SCIP database (Chemicals of Concern in Products). This enables companies to declare the presence in their...
Construction Products Regulation: open to 22nd Dec. 2020. See pinfa Newsletter n°117. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12458-Review-of-the-Construction-Products-Regulation/public-consultation Product sustainability claims,...
pinfa supports the European Commission’: “safer and more sustainable chemicals are a great economic opportunity”. Part of the Green Deal, the new EU “Chemicals strategy towards a toxic-free environment” defines a number of orientations and changes in EU chemicals...
The official report evaluating the Swedish chemicals tax finds no evidence it is effective and confirms identified problems. The tax was introduced in July 2017 on most electrical and electronic goods sold in Sweden (white goods, specific electronics such as...
