Background On 14 November 2024, the High Court handed down judgment in the first substantive trial to take place in the industry-wide NOx...
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The EU’s proposed PFAS ban Since five EU Member States submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
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Today, the German Federal Council (Bundesrat) passed the law already adopted by the German Parliament (Bundestag) to introduce a new...
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The European Union‘s updated Product Liability Directive (PLD), adopted by the European Council today and expected to come into effect in...
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The OPSS (Office for Product Safety and Standards - the UK’s product safety regulator) proposed an overhaul of the UK’s current product...
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As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented rate, manufacturers are increasingly challenged to balance innovation with...
I. Introduction Manufacturers of consumer-facing products in the increasingly integrated European market operate in a complex...
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Introduction Following years of intense debate among EU institutions, the final compromise text of the new EU Product Liability...
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The Government has recently published a long-awaited consultation on reforms to several aspects of the UK Registration, Evaluation,...
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In brief: The text of the revised new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) has now been agreed. After intense negotiations resulting in...
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The UK’s first ever Battery Strategy (the Strategy), published last week, sets out the Government’s positive commitment to development in...
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In summary: We recently wrote about the UK Government’s wide-ranging consultation on reforming the UK consumer product safety framework...