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EOTA: release of new European Assessment Documents (EADs)
On October 11, 2021, 14 new European Assessment Documents (EADs) were published in the Official Journal of the European Union; among them, three EADs describing a test according to EN 16516.
German Environment Agency: Publication “Final Report: Harmonised VOC Emission Classes for Construction Products”
In April 2021, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) organised the online conference "Limiting Health Impacts of Construction Products regarding Volatile Organic Compounds". This has now resulted in the publication "Final Report Harmonised VOC Emission Classes for Construction Products".
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Customer survey on the findability of eco-INSTITUT
We would like to optimise our services and would therefore like to ask how you discovered eco-INSTITUT. We would be pleased if you participated in our short survey. The data will be collected anonymously with the survey tool Lamapoll in compliance with the...
CE marking: UK extends period of transition
As announced by the UK government on 24 August 2021, the transition period for CE marked products has been extended by one year.
Review: June 22nd 2021| Online seminar “Competence meets cooperation”
For the Holz-Zentralblatt (issue 32 / 2021 of 13 August 2021), Dr Vera Steckel reported on our online seminar, which took place on 22 June 2021 on the topic: “Brexit changed import rules for building materials in Great Britain: How to deal with the UKCA and CE marking”.
(German only) DIBt: Änderung der MVV TB
Aufgrund der Neuerscheinung der DIN EN 16354:2019-01 “Laminatböden – Verlegeunterlagen – Spezifikationen, Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren” gibt es nun eine Änderung der MVV TB durch das DIBt.
Federal Environment Agency: Publication of AgBB scheme 2021
In mid-June 2021, German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) published the updated AgBB scheme which is in connection with the principles of the German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik – DIBt) the relevant standard for testing and health evaluation of volatile organic compounds (VVOC, VOC...
6. Juli 2021 | 13 Uhr: Online-Seminar „Kompetenz trifft Kooperation“ (German only)
Die eco-INSTITUT-Label-Zertifizierung Mit Daniel Tigges, Geschäftsführer des eco-INSTITUTs Vanessa Laumann, Leiterin der eco-INSTITUT-Label-Zertifizierungsstelle