On February 6, 2013, the EU Commission released the Roadmap on Substances of Very High Concern. The document says that in 2011, the EU committed to have 136 Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) on the REACH candidate list by end of 2012. This comm...

New RoHS stakeholder consultation online! This stakeholder consultation runs for eight weeks from 21.12.2012 to 15.02.2013 and covers three exemption requests:Exemption request 17a "Lead in glass of electronic components and fluorescent tubes, or in ...

Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has published a leaflet advising retailers on how to deal with consumer enquiries about substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in their products. Retailers have 45 days to respond to requests for informatio...

New RoHS stakeholder consultation online! An online stakeholder consultation starts today 09 November 2012 and will run 12 weeks until 01 February 2012. It covers 4 RoHS exemption requests. Please find all corresponding information in the Consultatio...

Compliance & Risks data partner, Prop 65 News, reports that a group of 17 Democratic state legislators in California have asked the state’s Governor, Jerry Brown, to delay finalizing the proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulation.In a letter to Gove...