The EU Taxonomy Regulation came into force in 2022. It is a set of rules for defining whether companies operate and act ecologically (and also socially) and thus make comparisons possible within the framework of sustainable investments - "greenwashing" is thereby to be prevented and a contribution to achieving...
On 12 September 2022, 7 new European Assessment Documents (EADs) were published in the Official Journal of the European Union; including one EAD describing a test according to EN 16516:
Nachdem im Herbst 2019 die EU-Kommission Titandioxid in Pulverform als kanzerogen eingestuft hatten, hatten verschiedene Unternehmen aus der Farb- und Lackbranche gegen diese Verordnung geklagt. Jetzt im November 2022 entschied der europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH), dass Titandioxid zu Unrecht als kanzerogen eingestuft worden war und erklärte die Verordnung als nichtig.
In September 2022, GEV-EMICODE@ published an updated version of its testing method: with regard to the assessment of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, chapter 3.6.2.5 "Complex substance mixtures" was adapted.
What characterises individual indoor pollutants? What are the sources of pollutants? How do these chemicals affect humans and the environment? And how does the eco-INSTITUT judge the substances? These and other questions are answered in our "pollutant profile" section.
As announced by the UK government on 20 June 2022, there will be a number of changes to make it easier for companies to apply new product conformity markings to most products placed on the market in England, Scotland and Wales.
In April 2022, Association for Control of Emissions in Products for Floor Installation, Adhesives and Building Materials (GEV) published new GEV classification criteria and an updated GEV testing method.
The European REACH Regulation governs the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemical substances. What obligations does this impose on manufacturers? What services does eco-INSTITUT offer in relation to REACH? And how does the eco-INSTITUT-Label take into account the requirements of the regulation? Our paper – originally published in...