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Blue Angel: moratorium of isothiazolinones in dull white dispersion paints
Mid of February Blue Angel imposed a moratorium on appliance of preservative substances isothiazolinones in dull white dispersion paints: with immediate effect the quality label will not be issued for wall paint products (in the shade of dull white) when containing starting isothiazolinones. Already issued Blue Angel labels are...
eco-INSTITUT now operates new 20 m³ emissions test chamber
Beginning of 2018 a new stainless steel test chamber of 20 cubic metres for emissions testing according to ISO 16000 was brought into service by eco-INSTITUT Cologne. The test chamber is at disposal mainly for manufacturers of furniture and electrical equipments.
Finnish M1 emissions classification: publication of new criteria
On November 15th, 2017 Finnish certification body Building Information Foundation RTS sr published new “Protocol for Chemical and Sensory Testing of Building Materials” for labelling with M1. This protocol replaces version of July 5th, 2017.
European standardisation committee (CEN) publishes EN 16516
Beginning of October 2017 European norm “Assessment of release of dangerous substances – Determination of emissions into indoor air” was published as EN 16516 by European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation – CEN).
