Category: European Union

The Product Liability Directive applies to virtually all products – including physical products and digital products such as software – that are sold in the EU regardless of where they originate from. Under the directive, providers of unsafe products that are sold and that cause harm to EU consumers can be taken to court and be required to compensate the consumer for their losses.

This guide addresses some common questions relating to the application of this directive and explain how it impacts manufacturers and other businesses.
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A digital product passport must contain information about the manufacturer, product, applicable EU regulations and directives, harmonised standards, and other details. This guide explains what information you may need to include based on Annex VI of the Toy Safety Regulation.

While the exact format and information may differ for other products, it gives you a relatively clear picture of what you must include in a digital product passport.
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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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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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