There has been a great deal of comment in the press about the new regulation EUTR that is designed to help stamp out the global problem of illegal logging and, especially in the tropics, deforestation. The law covers timber and timber ...
Out with the old and in with the new: the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) has replaced the Construction Products Directive. To ensure the industry stays abreast of these latest developments, Glass for Europe is delighted to announce ...
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The ICO has today warned that the data protection regulation currently making its way through the European Parliament may not suit the UK, and in fact may not even reach the agreement necessary for it to come into force. Further reading ...
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TüV Rheinland's International Approvals Group has begun issuing Certificates of Conformity (CoC) for a variety of products that meet the Iraqi safety requirements. TüV Rheinland is one of four companies authorized to assist ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that strengthens its authority to detain potentially unsafe food from entering into the markets. The final rule makes the criteria for administrative detention in line with ...
Japan is set to lift the restrictions on beef imports from Canada by allowing beef from animals aged up to 30 months from 1 February. The new regulation expands the current requirement, which only allows beef exports from animals aged 21 ...
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The regulation, published by China's quality control authority, stipulates responsibilities on the part of sellers for the repair, replacement and refund of private cars manufactured and sold in China comes in January, 2013. However, car ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a minimum sound standard for electric and hybrid vehicles to help reduce pedestrian fatalities. Electric and hybrid vehicles are very different than their gas-only ...
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Anatolia News Agency reported that Turkeys iron and steel sector has been left up in arms by a recent United Arab Emirates decision to impose tariffs on Turkish steel imports. Mr Veysel Yayan secretary general of the Turkish Iron and ...
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Proposals for the new European data protection framework are over-engineered and need a lot of work,says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham. In their current form,the proposals are also unaffordable because regulators would need ...
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Ofcom today announced new rules for telecoms providers meaning they will have to pay for each phone number allocated to them as of next year. Currently the likes of BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk can request blocks of 1,000 numbers from ...
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Since two parts of Europe 2009/125/EC have been published, and there will be a new regulation published that as a part of CE requirement for directional lamps starting from September, 2013. DEKRA understands well ErP Directive has strict ...
Tags: Lighting products, Lighting, directional lamps, lamps, LED Lamps
On 31 December this year, the new regulation for end of waste criteria for glass cullet will come into force. It will contribute to assure a second life for bottles and other glass containers. The criteria were drawn up by the Joint ...
Tags: Boosting Glass, Glass Recycling, Construction Decoration, Criteria
One-fifth of UK companies are assigning financial value to their data, according to Dynamic Markets, a UK-based market research firm The firm's research is one of three pieces sponsored by analytics software and services company SAS. The ...
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Apple supplier Foxconn has steadily improved the working conditions at three of its Chinese factories following a February audit, by reducing employee overtime work and updating maintenance policies and safety procedures, a labor group said ...
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