Category: Ongoing Compliance
You Brexit, you buy it: EU notice sets out post-Brexit position for EU product rules
EU notice considers potential impact on economic operators, authorised representatives, and Notified Bodies as a result of Brexit.
UK Government launches new Office for Product Safety and Standards
UK government announces the formation of a new inter-departmental body to reinforce the UK’s position as a leader in international product safety.
New kid on the block: EU regulation addresses geo-blocking and country redirects
In this article, we address the EU’s recently adopted regulation banning unjustified geo-blocking in the internal market.
Trilateral MoU formalises product safety cooperation by North American regulators
Rod Freeman and Jamie Humphreys
North American regulators recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation in response to product safety issues.
8 for 8: UK Government accepts key recommendations to reform recall and product safety regimes
In January 2018, the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) provided its much-awaited response to proposals for reform to the product safety and product recall regimes.
Sea change: UK government bans plastic microbeads from cosmetics products
Jamie Humphreys and Fergal Duggan
On 9 January 2018, the UK introduced a ban on the manufacture or supply of products containing microbeads, following a worldwide trend towards greater oversight of plastic pollution. The ban will affect manufacturers of a wide range of cosmetics products, including face scrubs, toothpastes and shower gels.
The sky’s the limit: move towards new EU rules for drones
In December 2017, the EU took a big step towards rules for drones that will apply across the European Union. Amongst changes to existing aviation rules, the new regulation will establish a framework for civil drones.
Goods Package proposals promise to shake up enforcement of product regulation across the EU
Rod Freeman and Jamie Humphreys
In December last year, the European published a new “Goods Package” – proposals to significantly reform aspects of product regulation in the EU by 2020. The proposals mainly focus on aspects of enforcement of existing rules.
