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Revising the EU product safety regime - at significant cost to business?
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- March 7 2013
Earlier this month, the European Commission launched its proposals to revise the current safety and market surveillance regime concerning non-food
Report on liability for defective products
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- December 5 2011
The European Commission has released a report on the Product Liability Directive (Directive 85374BBC
European Commission publishes definition of "nanomaterial"
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- December 5 2011
The European Commission has published a definition of "nanomaterials" in response to a request by the European Parliament for a comprehensive, science-based definition to apply across a range of existing laws
Consumer rights: installed defective goods
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- December 5 2011
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that businesses that sell defective consumer goods cannot refuse to remove such goods and must provide a replacement and pay refit costs
Changes to product safety legislation foreseen for 2012
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- December 5 2011
Next year, the rules on general product safety will be revised, as will the EU regulatory regimes for medical devices and tobacco
Annual RAPEX report released
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- July 12 2011
The annual round-up of notifications made to the EU's rapid alert system for dangerous products (RAPEX) during 2010 was recently released by the European Commission
Newswatch
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- July 12 2011
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published new guidance on labelling and packaging rules for substances and mixtures
RoHS amendment directive adopted
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- July 12 2011
Following agreement between the European Council and the European Parliament, a directive amending the current Directive on the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) has been adopted
Revised directive on the restriction of hazardous substances agreed
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- April 14 2011
The existing directive on the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHs) prohibits the use of substances in electrical and electrionic equipment beyond certain thresholds
Newswatch
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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- European Union
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- October 25 2010
Europe's monthly RAPEX alert system reports have shown a consistency in the number of notifications; an average of 170 per month
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- Workarea - Product Liability
- Jurisdiction - European Union
- Author - Andrew Austin