Workwear in the United States are covered by various standards and other compliance requirements intended to ensure that these meet certain safety and performance criteria.
In this guide, we take a closer look at Occupational Safety and Health Standards, ASTM standards, 16 CFR Part 1610, and other compliance requirements relevant for workwear in the US.
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Workwear is designed to protect the worker against certain risks found in the workplace, like physical injuries and electric shocks. Given the risks, there are regulations such as the Personal Protective Equipment Regulation that require workwear to meet high safety standards.
In this guide, we cover regulations and their requirements relevant to workwear, which cover requirements such as documentation, labelling, and testing.
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Children’s furniture sold in the United States must comply with strict safety standards, in addition to labelling, certification, and testing requirements. In this guide, we explain how the CPSIA, 16 CFR Part 1640, the Lacey Act, California Proposition 65 and other compliance requirements relate to children’s furniture.
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Children’s jewelry sold in the United States are subject to safety standards, substance restrictions, labelling, certification, and testing requirements. In this guide, we take a closer look at CPSIA, ASTM F2923, California Proposition 65, and other compliance requirements applicable to children’s jewelry.
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Companies importing certain materials and products into the EU must comply with the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation. This includes, for example, certain materials like aluminium, iron and steel. Additionally, the regulation covers certain finished or semi-finished products made with these materials, like screws and bolts.
In this guide, we explain the regulation as it relates to the application procedures for CBAM declarants, the submission of CBAM declarations, reporting obligations, and the purchasing of CBAM certificates. Additionally, we provide a FAQ section that addresses common questions concerning the regulation.
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The Batteries Regulation covers batteries manufactured or imported for sale in the EU. In this guide, we list some of the battery types covered by the Batteries Regulation, such as portable batteries, SLI batteries, LMT batteries, and other batteries.
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We list batteries that are mentioned in the Batteries Regulation and referred to in standards under the regulation that we found searching on the CENELEC website.
Note that the standards presented in this guide have yet to be published, and these have not yet been harmonised under the regulation. To be confirmed as a harmonised standard, the standard should be referenced in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).
However, it is stated on each of the cited standards on CENELEC that a citation in the OJEU for the regulation is expected.
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Amazon sets chemical and heavy metal restrictions regarding products sold on its platform. This guide is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on Amazon’s Restricted Substances Lists, which primarily concern Amazon’s restrictions for its private label brands.
The second part focuses on substances that Amazon restricts in several categories of products for all sellers, as well as regulations that include substance restrictions. You must also comply with those restrictions if you want to sell your product on Amazon.
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Diving equipment imported or manufactured in the United States is subject to the requirements of several regulations and standards. In this guide, we explain how regulations such as 46 CFR Part 197, 46 CFR Part 1910, and the CPSIA are relevant to various types of diving equipment for professional and recreational use.
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In this guide, we list examples of products that are covered by the General Product Safety Regulation. By reading this guide, you also learn about the different product categories for which a harmonised standard exists under the regulation, the significance of a harmonised standard, and what you should do when selling products that are not covered by such standards.
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In this guide, we list product categories for which there exist one or more harmonised standards referenced under the General Product Safety Directive, and provide examples of covered products and relevant standards. Note that, according to the General Product Safety Regulation, such standards also provide a presumption of conformity with the safety requirements laid down by the regulation.
Harmonised standards are generally necessary to comply with the safety requirements set by the regulation. Applying a harmonised standard would mean that your product is presumed to be safe, as explained in Article 7 of the regulation:
1. For the purpose of this Regulation, a product shall be presumed to be in conformity with the general safety requirement laid down in Article 5 of this Regulation in the following cases:
(a) it conforms to relevant European standards or parts thereof as far as the risks and risk categories covered by those standards are concerned, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Article 10(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; or
(b) in the absence of any relevant European standards as referred to in point (a) of this paragraph, the product conforms to national requirements, as regards the risks and risk categories covered by health and safety requirements laid down in the national law of the Member State in which it is made available on the market, provided that such law is in compliance with Union law.
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Climbing equipment imported or manufactured in the United States is subject to requirements such as fall protection, mechanical performance, and static loading testing. This is important because, if the climbing equipment is defective or does not comply with the relevant requirements, workers and consumers can suffer serious injuries or even deaths due to falling from heights or other risks.
In this guide, we explain how regulations such as 29 CFR Part 1910 and standards such as ANSI Z89.1 and ASTM F887 are relevant to climbing equipment.
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