On 21 May 2021, the new limit values for formaldehyde in children’s toys published by the European Union in November 2019 as Amending Directive (EU) 2019/1929 will come into force.

Am 2. März 2021 hat die ECHA (European Chemical Agency) das “Final Background Document” zu möglichen Grenzwerten für Formaldehyd und Formaldehyd emittierende Materialien auf seiner Internetseite veröffentlicht.

On November 26th, 2018, German Federal Gazette (BAnz AT 26.11.2018 B2 – in German only) published DIN EN 16516, a new reference method for measuring formaldehyde emissions from coated and uncoated wood based on Annex 1 of the Chemical Prohibition Ordinance (ChemVerbotsV).