Digital Product Passports are expected to be gradually introduced for a range of product categories in the European Union. In this guide, we explain which products are covered by Digital Product Passport requirements under the Toy Safety Regulation and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
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Shipping incorrectly labelled products can result in recalls and fines. Ensuring that your products are correctly labelled is crucial. However, navigating the maze of complex, conditional and sometimes open-ended labelling requirements is a challenge even for those who have years of experience.
Label reviews, which are performed by companies like QIMA and TUV Rheinland, can help you reduce the risk of selling incorrectly labelled products.
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One of the main challenges when selling products in the EU is finding out which regulations and directives your product must comply with. In this guide, we explain where you can find this information and how you can determine which EU regulations and directives are relevant to your products.
This guide also explains how you can determine if you are classified as a manufacturer, importer and distributor, and how this impacts what you must do to comply.
Finally, you will also learn what to look for inside each applicable EU regulation and directive to understand what you must do to comply in practice.
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The Measuring Instruments Directive sets design and manufacturing requirements for measuring instruments sold in the European Union.The goal is to ensure that measuring instruments provide a high level of quality concerning the measurement data, such as temperature, weight, or volume.
This guide explains how the directive applies to instruments such as water meters, taximeters, and exhaust gas analysers. It also provides examples of harmonised standards, as well as requirements related to documentation, labelling, and more.
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Defects resulting in product safety issues can happen even if you have done everything right. If this should ever happen, you want to ensure that you can narrow down the safety issues to specific production runs. This can only be done if your products are labelled with batch numbers.
In this guide, we take a closer look at EU requirements concerning batch numbers, formats, and which products require these.
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The Declaration of Performance (DoP) is an important element of the Construction Products Regulation. It provides information on a construction product’s performance relative to its essential characteristics, such as those set by applicable standards.
Manufacturers should issue the Declaration of Performance when their product is either covered by a harmonised standard or conforms to a European Technical Assessment. This guide addresses key questions surrounding the Declaration of Performance and its requirements.
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Small businesses selling handicrafts and handmade products often face unique challenges when it comes to product compliance. Understanding compliance requirements and lab testing fees can seem like insurmountable challenges – and sometimes that is actually the case. Handicrafts and handmade products can also be safety hazards, and are generally speaking, subject to the same regulations as other consumer products.
That said, there are certain strategies that can be applied to ensure that your handicrafts and handmade products are safe and compliant with applicable EU regulations and directives, including labelling and documentation requirements.
In this guide, we take a closer look at how EU regulations and directives relate to handicrafts and handmade products, as well as a few exemptions. You will also learn what you can do in practice to comply.
Handicraft examples
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Plumbing fixtures imported or manufactured for sale in the European Union are subject to the Construction Products Regulation, REACH, and various other regulations and directives. These, in turn, set requirements concerning substances, labelling, documentation, and testing.
This guide explains how different directives, regulations, and standards apply to plumbing fixtures sold in the EU.
Examples of plumbing fixtures
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Wrist watches imported and manufactured for sale in the European Union are subject to various regulations and directives. These cover product safety, substance restrictions, documentation, labelling, and testing. In this guide, we take a closer look at the requirements that apply to quartz watches, children’s watches, and automatic watches.
In addition, we also explain some of the most serious safety risks associated with wrist watches, including choking hazards, button cell batteries, and harmful substances in watch materials and components.
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Ensuring compliance with EU regulations and directives requires compliance with applicable product standards. That being said, navigating the maze of harmonised and other standards in the EU can be a daunting task. In this guide, we explain what manufacturers and importers selling in the EU must know about the different types of standards and how these can be implemented in practice.
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