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Latest reports:
September 2021 |
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Current news highlights covered
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- The EU's Green Deal: First measures emerge to support the Climate Law
- Internet-connected devices: EU proposes mandatory cyber-security protection
- Cyber-security: Shakeup of EU governance of cyber-security -- more new measures
- Radio equipment directive: New requirements for reconfigurable radio systems
- Environmental noise: updates to mandatory noise measurement methods
- European standardisation: EU considers shakeup "to improve the balance between speed and quality"
- Standards updates: radio equipment, medical devices, personal protective equipment, automotive vehicles, lifts, recreational craft, ATEX products
- Product safety: new reporting for unsafe products identified at EU external borders
- Cosmetics: one substance banned, another given restricted authorisation
- Mercury: one exemption from ROHS restrictions granted, and one removed
- Machinery: 2006 Directive to be replaced
- Artificial intelligence systems: the EU's first attempt at regulation
- Chemicals: 1) information requirements for registration updated again; 2) 5 substances added to list of those requiring authorisation, 3) 2 substances banned, 4) CLP regulation to be updated.
- Foods: non-EU imports of organic foods subject to change
- Marine equipment: EU transposes latest changes imposed by international treaties
- Inland waterway ship safety: major update to core standard
- Automotive vehicles: 1) detailed specifications for smart tachographs issued, 2) new requirements for alcohol locks to detect and block drunk drivers, and for detecting drowsiness in drivers.
- Single-use plastics: new, official guidance on implementation of the new directive
- Greenhouse gas emissions: a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism with an impact on foreign suppliers
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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
take precedence in our work, and we also cover wider issues
of business development and strategy that they raise. We serve
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