PRODUCT SAFETY

The European Commission has published a draft Regulation intending to develop an electronic interface for the exchange of data between Member States’ national customs systems and the EU’s information and Communication System for Market Surveillance (ICSMS). It is noted that this electronic interface is a requirement under the EU Market Surveillance Regulation (2019/1020), More

The UK Government has announced that it will give businesses more time to adapt to the introduction of the new UK Conformity Assessment marking (the “UKCA”) which replaces the EU’s mandatory CE marking following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Initially, the UK government had announced that products sold in Great Britain which previously had to bear the EU’s CE marking, would need to carry the new UKCA marking from 1 January 2022. More

On 16 July 2021, new rules on the market surveillance of both EU-produced and imported goods began to apply EU-wide. Hong Kong exporters may like to be informed that EU Member States are henceforth required to strengthen their market surveillance of products being imported into the internal market to ensure compliance with consumer, workplace and public health and safety requirements. More

The European Commission has published a new initiative with the aim of furthering its EU chemicals strategy for sustainability. The initiative has as its goal the presentation of a Commission proposal for the revision of REACH by the end of 2022. Actions stemming from the initiative and the strategy aim to better protect the public and the environment against hazardous chemicals and to encourage innovation to develop safe and sustainable alternatives. More