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Latest reports:
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- Cyber-security: are EU preparations adequate? New review
- Free trade: 1) entry into force of FTA with Canada agreed: 2) agreement in principle with Japan
- Consumer rights law: extensions considered to cover 1) misleading environmental performance claims, and 2) digital services such as cloud services
- Electrical products: new exemptions from ROHS, for refrigerator compressors, optical glass, and control instruments
- Energy-efficient buildings: uncertainty emerges about 2020 target for nearly-zero-energy buildings
- Chemicals: 1) new guidance on use of chemicals in downstream articles; 2) new data and guidance on nanomaterials; 3) Phthalates: 4 types classified as endocrine disruptors of very high concern; 4) titanium dioxide, a colourant, classified as carcinogenic; 5) 12 new substances to require formal authorisation
- Cosmetics: additions to lists of permitted and restricted ingredients, including nanomaterials
- Plastics: 1) new restrictions studied on use and sale of microplastics; 2) new guidance on applications for approval for food contact materials
- Wi-fi for mobile products: extension of public funding in preparation for 5G
- Automotive: 1) EU adopts specifications to implement global standard test methods for emissions; 2) specifications under review for Intelligent Transport Systems; 3) safety regulations for road tunnels under review, including safety equipment.
- Construction products: is the current regulation working? Abandonment of current regulation to be considered
- Environmental certification: EU acknowledges that ISO standards are winning more acceptance than its own systems
- Eco-design: measurement methodology published for energy efficiency of air-heating and -cooling products
- New standards recognised: radio equipment, fireworks
- Medical devices: texts published of new directives, to enter into force from 2020 to 2022
- Toys: new restrictions on phenol and Bisphenol A
- Brexit: slow planning for changes to approvals
- Foods: 1) debate continues about glyphosate pesticides; additions to list of ingredients permitted in nutritional foods
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Single Market Ventures is a business
development consultancy, based in Brussels and working in
Europe, North America and east Asia.
The company’s core specialisation
is in reporting, assessing, and managing the impact of harmonisation
and mutual recognition of standards, tests and related policies
on cross-border trade in goods and services. We have
over 20 years of experience in the field, which plays a major
role in efforts to achieve a barrier-free, level playing-field
in international trade. The practical implications for business
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of business development and strategy that they raise. We serve
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