Category: Ongoing Compliance
UK Government invites smart thinking from industry on standards for connected appliances
Consultation launched to help develop standards for smart appliances.
Security is for life, not just for Christmas: UK review of the security of consumer IoT products
Jamie Humphreys and Carol Roberts
The review includes a draft Code of Practice, which includes proposed steps to improve the cyber security of consumer IoT products.
Rapid Alert; steady growth
European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Products sees growth in alerts and follow-up actions.
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 new rules for drones that will apply across the European Union. The Committee of Permanent Representatives for the 28 Member States endorsed an agreement with the European Parliament to revise the EU aviation safety regulation. Amongst changes to existing aviation […]