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Nov 2019
Germany: Never before have so many products been subject to copyright levies
On 27 , Nov 2019 | In | By Wolfram Kühn
After alone this year and alone in Germany, two other large product families became taxable through contracts between collecting societies and companies, Smartwatches are now also taxable. Manufacturers and importers have to pay 1.50 euros per unit. The agreement for Smartwatches applies retroactively from 1 January 2019 and at least until the end ...
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Oct 2019
More sustainability for household appliances
On 21 , Oct 2019 | In | By Julia Feuring
At the beginning of October, the European Commission adopted new ecodesign measures for some product groups, among others electronic displays (including televisions), light sources and external power suppliers. The novelty of this set of ecodesign requirements consists in its valuable contribution to circular economy objectives. Thus, for the ...
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Sep 2019
Germany - The Packaging Register has published Minimum Standard for the Assessment of the Recyclability of Packaging
On 19 , Sep 2019 | In | By Gisa Scheschonka
In coordination with the German Federal Environment Agency, on 1 September 2019 the Central Packaging Register (ZSVR) has published the minimum standard for the assessment of the recyclability of packaging subject to system participation. This is in line with the requirements of § 21 (1 ) VerpackG, which stipulates that schemes are obliged to ...
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Sep 2019
GRS to change Legal Status - Reduction of Costs prospected
On 19 , Sep 2019 | In | By Gisa Scheschonka
On 28 August 2019, the collective compliance scheme for portable batteries in Germany, Stiftung Gemeinsames Rücknahmesystem Batterien (GRS), has informed their members that they will apply for an approval as a so-called producer-owned battery compliance scheme according to Article 7 of the German Battery Act (BattG). Currently, the GRS is a ...
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Sep 2019
EEU states launching copyright levy systems
On 18 , Sep 2019 | In | By Wolfram Kühn
The five member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) are currently revising and concretizing their copyright regulations. This applies not only to legal provisions, but also to purely organisational issues and has an impact on the copyright levy systems. A harmonisation of the systems in the sense of this community of states is to be ...
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Sep 2019
Meet us at Eurobike in Friedrichshafen and IFA in Berlin
On 03 , Sep 2019 | In | By Lisa Schmidt
Eurobike in Friedrichshafen: Thursday, 05.09.2019 IFA in Berlin: Monday, 09.09.2019 or Tuesday, 10.09.2019 Your contact to us: +49 7031 43938-0 contact@1cc-consulting.com We look forward to your contact request and a personal meeting.
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Aug 2019
German authorities prosecute infringements against German Packaging Law
On 16 , Aug 2019 | In | By Gisa Scheschonka
In July, the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR) has contacted dozens of thousands of producers that are not fully compliant with the legal requirements of the German Packaging Law (VerpackG). The most common lacks of compliance relate to: missing registration with packaging register (LUCID) missing system participation (membership with a ...
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Jul 2019
ECHA publishes updated Candidate List
On 18 , Jul 2019 | In | By Ute Binder
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published the new REACH Candidate List on July 16, 2019: Four Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) were added to the list. The Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorization now contains 201 substances. The newly added substances have many different uses. For instance, 2-methoxyethyl ...
16
Jul 2019
Update on Saudi Arabia`s Technical Regulation for Oxo-Biodegradable Plastic Material
On 16 , Jul 2019 | In | By Gisa Scheschonka
The implementation of the Technical Regulation (TR) No. 947 on Degradable Plastic Material, published in October 2016 in the Saudi official Gazette has been postponed for the second time. In January of this year, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) postponed the registration for Phase II and Phase III products under the ...
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Jul 2019
Ban of plastic bags - more countries join the fight against plastic pollution
On 16 , Jul 2019 | In | By Gisa Scheschonka
As an environmental consulting company based in Germany, we’ve been monitoring the enthusiasm of our neighboring countries’ efforts to reduce, or ban plastic bags from supermarkets. In the EU, such measures are triggered by Directive (EC) 720/2015, which aims at reducing the amount of distributed plastic carrier bags. EU-member states are called ...