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Pollutant profile: Isocyanates

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.

25. August 2022

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UKCA: UK government announces measures to simplify the introduction of UKCA labelling & online seminar on the subject

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.

27. June 2022

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EU Commission: publication of the updated EU LCI list

In February 2022, the European Commission published the EU LCI list updated in December 2021.

26. April 2022

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GEV-EMICODE: Publication of new criteria and method

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.

14. April 2022

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Technical paper: Chemical safety in the EU: the REACH Regulation

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...

31. March 2022

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Blauer Engel: Veröffentlichung überarbeiteter Vergabekriterien für Möbel und Lattenroste

Die DE-UZ 38 für „Emissionsarme Möbel und Lattenroste aus Holz und Holzwerkstoffen“ wurde nun vom Blauen Engel veröffentlicht.

7. March 2022

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(German only): DIBt: Veröffentlichung “Stand der Umsetzung der Muster-Verwaltungsvorschrift Technische Baubestimmung (MVV TB) in den Ländern”

Am 24. Januar 2022 veröffentlichte das Deutsche Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt) das Papier "Stand der Umsetzung der Muster-Verwaltungsvorschrift Technische Baubestimmungen (MVV TB) in den Ländern"

28. January 2022

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(German only) DIBt: Veröffentlichung der MVV TB 2021/1

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(German only) Lesetipp! DIBt-Veröffentlichung von Details und Hintergrundinformationen zur Marktüberwachung

20. January 2022

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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.

18. January 2022

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