Open to 30th September. pinfa and other stakeholders will input that fire safety harmonisation reduces regulatory complexity. A consumer and industry joint position (co-signed by pinfa) underlines that regulatory simplification for housing can be compatible with...
Consultation on update of list of chemicals restricted for import and export adds certain halogenated flame retardants (Regulation 649/2012 , “Prior Informed Consent” PIC). This reflects inclusion of these halogenated FRs in the Stockholm Convention (Persistent...
The European Commission has announced that the revision of the Chemicals Regulation is postponed indefinitely. In a published address, 27th April, to the European Parliament, the Commissioner for the Environment, Jessika Roswall, indicated that REACH would not be...
Sweden’s electric goods federations have launched a website pushing to abolish the national “ecotax” on electric goods, ahead of elections in Sweden in September. The website is launched by APPLIA (Home Appliances Sweden) and Elekronik Branschen (electronics...
Federal Court of Appeal rejects US EPA decision to not take further action on brominated FR ‘Deca’. The Environmental Protection Agency must now redo its safety analysis of the brominated flame retardant Decabromodiphenyl Ether (decaBDE). Deca was banned in the USA by...
