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The European Union announced Commission Regulation (EU) No 925/20131 in the Official Journal on 25 September 2013.

The Commission authorizes that Germany maintains its national provisions for the migration limits of antimony, arsenic, barium, lead and mercury beyond 20 July 2013.

Correct labeling of leather prevents any deceptive or misleading information about the composition of leather goods.

The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in response to the direction under Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for bassinets and cradles.

The European Commission recently published a methodology draft manual to identify and evaluate new substances as required by the RoHS 2 Directive 2011/65/EU, Article 6 for an eventual restriction under Annex II.

The China National Standard for jewelry GB 28480-2012 specifies a number of chemical parameters for both children’s and adult jewelry. The effective date was 1 May 2013.

n August 2011 SGS informed you of a European Commission decision to address certain risks posed to children by internal blinds, corded window coverings and safety devices.(1)

Exclusive introductory webinar to be provided on November 6th to introduce SGS and ENVIRON’s new RoHS compliance assessment service using BOMcheck.

The European Commission has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft Commission Regulation amending REACH Annex XVII of (EC) No 1907/2006 regarding chromium VI compounds in leather articles and articles containing leather parts.

Regulation 617/2013(1), adopted by the European Commission on 26 June 2013 concerns ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of a variety of computing products.