Category: European Union

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

• Home decor
• Pottery
• Weaving
• Woodworking
• Leatherworks
• Jewelry
• Glasswork
• Embroidery
• Baskets
• Knitted items
• Artworks

Handmade product examples

• Toys
• Baby carriers
• Art prints
• Furniture

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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

• Taps
• Fittings
• Mixing valves
• Kitchen sinks
• Bidets
• Water closets
• Urinals

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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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Fishing gear is subject to several requirements in the European Union. For example, the Single-Use Plastics Directive aims at reducing the impact of fishing nets and other products on the environment. Conversely, the REACH Regulation restricts several harmful substances in fishing cages and similar articles.

This guide explains how regulations such as the ones mentioned above apply to fishing gear in the European Union, by setting extended producer responsibility, testing, labelling, and other requirements.

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Solar panels imported or manufactured in the European Union are subject to various regulations, directives and standards. Ensuring compliance requires that the solar panels meet certain technical requirements. In addition, solar panels must be correctly labelled, documented, and tested.

This guide explains how requirements from regulations and directives, such as the General Product Safety Regulation and the Low Voltage Directive, apply to solar panels sold in the European Union.

Note: This guide only covers solar panels (also referred to as “solar modules” or “photovoltaic modules”). It does not cover the entire solar or photovoltaic system, which may contain components such as frames, battery packs, and inverters.

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