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Camping tents imported and manufactured for the EU market must comply with various regulations and directives covering substance restrictions, labelling, documentation, and testing. There are also safety standards applicable to camping tents.

In this guide, we explain the relevance of regulations such as the General Product Safety Regulation, Biocidal Products Regulation, and REACH to camping tents sold in the European Union.
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Importing or manufacturing power tools for the EU market requires compliance with various regulations, directives, and safety standards.  Non-compliant power tools may pose mechanical, electrical, or other hazards to the operator – which could potentially result in severe injury or hearing damage.

In this guide, we take a closer look at the Machinery Regulation, Noise Emission in the Environment Directive, Batteries Regulation, and other compliance requirements for power tools in the European Union.

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The General Product Safety Regulation requires that products that fall under its scope should have a responsible person who is based in the European Union.

This essentially means that an entity must be present within the EU that can be contacted by market surveillance authorities in case of compliance checks. This also impacts companies based outside the EU, that are selling to consumers located in the EU.

In this guide, we address common questions associated with the requirements for responsible persons under the General Product Safety Regulation.
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The Machinery Regulation covers many different categories of machinery. Additionally, it covers a number of products that are related to machinery, such as components and chains.

In this guide, we provide examples of products for different categories of machinery. Additionally, we provide examples of harmonised standards associated with each listed product category.

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In this guide, we list examples of machinery products that are referred to in harmonised standards under:

a. The Machinery Directive

b. The Machinery Regulation

The Machinery Directive is effective until 20 January 2027 after which the Machinery Regulation applies.

Most of the standards that will be harmonised under the regulation are still under draft. Many of them are updated versions of standards that are harmonised under the Machinery Directive. However, some standards under the Machinery Regulation are new – for example, EN 17128 for Personal light electric vehicles (PLEV).

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