by Hannane Haddouch | May 26, 2025
Several industry federations have again criticised Sweden’s ecotax on electronic goods saying it is ineffective and uneconomic. The tax’s stated intention is to reduce use of toxic chemicals, but in fact all electronics goods are taxed according to weight,...
by Hannane Haddouch | May 26, 2025
Manufacturer Ariza, USA, says that to avoid smoke alarms contributing to fires they should use only UL 94 V-0 materials. In Europe, EN 14604 sets temperature and performance for smoke detector casing materials. UL 94 V-0 is the standard fire performance requirement...
by Hannane Haddouch | May 26, 2025
European Commission publishes EU Ecodesign Regulation 5-year working plan. Priority product category priorities (for new criteria development) are textiles, furniture, tyres, mattresses, iron-steel, aluminium, as well as information technology products and various...
by Hannane Haddouch | May 26, 2025
UL 9540B defines fire testing of residential batteries installed near other batteries, installations or materials or under roof. It complements UL 9540A which tests individual residential battery systems, requiring both certification of certain components (UL 1741...
by Hannane Haddouch | May 26, 2025
As announced in January (pinfa Newsletter n. 169), the UK has engaged a first update of the Furniture Fire Safety Regulations. This first update removes certain baby furniture products from the Regulations requirements (with the stated aim of reducing children’s...
