Tag: Product Regulation
Fantastic Four: the search for regulatory super heroes
Harriet Jones and Olivia Flasch
UK Product Regulator holds Regulatory Excellence Awards in continuation of its increasingly active role in promoting product safety
Key European Market Surveillance reforms debated in Brussels public hearing
A range of stakeholders presented on the Goods Package.
UK Government invites smart thinking from industry on standards for connected appliances
Consultation launched to help develop standards for smart appliances.
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.
First enforcement action for new UK Office for Product Safety
Rod Freeman and Jamie Humphreys
The OPSS imposes its first fine for the importation and sale of illegally sourced timber.
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.
