VistaOne Solutions,a UK financial data management,reporting and distribution service firm has launched vSolvencyII,a data governance platform to comply with Solvency II regulations. According to the solution provider,the offering will ...
This fall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will vote on a proposed new regulation to require child-resistant packaging for over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription (Rx) drug products containing the equivalent of 0.08 ...
European ErP Directive (2009/125/EC) provides mandatory ecodesign requirements for all kind of energy related products. Just like LVD Directive and EMC Directive, products covered by ErP Directive shall bear CE marking when they are placed ...
European directive ErP(Energy related Products-2009/125/EC)defines a general legislative framework concerning the consumptions of"devices that consume energy"to which all manufacturers must conform. Thus manufacturers will have to ...
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Environmental regulators in Maine, US are set to commence discussions on a new regulation that would eliminate the use of hazardous chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby and toddler food packaging. In order to take up the proposal, the Board ...
Tags: BPA, food packaging, BEP, Kid-Safe Products Act
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors has presented a draft proposal for the Supervision of Internationally , or ComFrame, with an aim to harmonize the international insurance practices on global basis. Headquartered in ...
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A new regulation compelling tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packets has come into effect in Australia. Under the law, all cigarette packs will now have to be sold in identical, olive-brown packs with the same typeface and covered ...
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The European Union officially amended antidumping tariffs on certain steel fasteners imported from China. As expected, and reported by Fastener + Fixing Magazine in September, the new regulation confirms the continuation of antidumping ...
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(China Glass Network) The high productivity of glass industry brings excess capacity. The glass industry steps in positive situation of supply-exceed-demand. De-stocking is now the most significant thing in glass industry. Along with ...
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Caprari has announced that its products already conform to the EU Regulation (Lot 11) ‘ErP Ready’. Italian manufacturer of electric pumps and submersible motors for both civil and industrial use, Caprari’s says ...
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A controversial project to mine Brazil's vast indigenous territories in the Amazon, to be presented at the South American country's Congress in October, has revived a long-dragged confrontation among authorities, environmentalists ...
Tags: environmentalists, gold, iron ore, nickel, diamonds, rare earths
Thanks to mainland China's recent relaxation of the conditions for QFIIs(qualified foreign institutional investors),some Taiwanese banks will be able to obtain QFII status for directly investing in mainland Chinese stocks or accepting the ...
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SACRAMENTO,Calif.—For upholstered furniture makers,the end result of a flammability rulemaking process that started this month will likely be a label saying their furniture is compliant. But getting to that point will be a long ...
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The Indian government has requested the Japanese authorities to lift the new regulation which restricts the shrimp exports containing 0.01 ppm of ethoxyquin. According to Indian commerce ministry,the ethoxyquin limit has been fixed ...
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India has amended a regulation,which makes it mandatory for FMCG firms to sell products such as biscuits and milk powder in standard sizes.The new regulation will go into effect beginning 1 November 2012. This move comes after the ...
Tags: regulation, standard sizes, FMCG, packaged products