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Feb 17, 2015

ECHA Unveils New ePIC IT-tool

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new version of its ePIC IT tool. ePIC 1.1 will allow industry users to generate and submit reports directly to their relevant designated…
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Feb 17, 2015

Florida’s Amended Law on Child Car-Seat Safety to Go into Effect

The State of Florida House Bill 225, Child Safety Devices in Motor Vehicles, signed into law June 2014 by Governor Rick Scott, became effective January 1, 2015, and specifies the following…
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Feb 17, 2015

ISO and IEC Update Guidance Document for Product Safety Concerning Children

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have updated their guidance document for product safety concerning children…
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Feb 17, 2015

Recyclability and Destination to Separate Waste Collection – “Triman” Logo

A decree requiring the affixing of the environmental logo “Triman” (Décret du 23 décembre 2014 no 2014-1577 relatif à la signalétique Common des produits recyclables here relevent d'une…
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Feb 17, 2015

SCHER Publishes Opinion on Chromium VI in Toys

The Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) is of the opinion that the current migration limits for chromium VI from toys should be revised to take into account the…
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Feb 17, 2015

U.S. and Canadian Steering Committee Appointed to Consider Development of Unified Toy Standards

U.S. and Canadian regulators, standards development organizations, and toy industry representatives met in January to explore the possibility of unifying the two countries’ toy safety…
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Feb 17, 2015

UL Expands Plastics Certification Program with New RoHS Compliant Certification Rating

The RoHS Compliant Certification rating offers a set of certification guidelines based on the new UL 746R Outline of Investigation for Restricted Use Substances and EU’s Restriction of…
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Feb 17, 2015

UL-ICQ/IISG Expands List of Accreditations for Brazilian Market

UL-ICQ/IISG has received new accreditation from CGCRE (Coordenação Geral de Acreditação)/INMETRO for wheeled child conveyances and children’s strollers according to ABNT NBR 14389: 2010…
UL Environment Certification to UL 7004 / AHAM 7004-15 / CSA 7004-15
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Feb 11, 2015

First Voluntary Sustainability Standard for Household Cooking Appliances Published

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), CSA Group, and UL Environment today announced the release of AHAM 7004-2015/CSA SPE-7004-15/UL 7004-15, Sustainability Standard for…
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Feb 10, 2015

IEC 62368-1 based Standards Updates

EN 62368-1 – As mentioned in previous communications, EN 62368-1 was published in Europe during the second half of 2014.  The Date of Withdrawal (DoW) of the standards to be superseded, EN…
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Feb 10, 2015

India BIS update – Registration validity changes

There is a change in regards to the validity of the current and future BIS registrations. Key points of changes: - Effective Jan 28, 2015, all new registrations granted will have a validity…
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Feb 10, 2015

Register Now for UL 3DP Instructor Led Training

UL has released its 2015 3D Printing training schedule. Offering Foundations of 3D Printing in instructor-led full-day and half-day sessions at UL locations across the globe as well as at…
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Feb 10, 2015

UL 3D Printing Training eLearning Modules

Foundations of 3D Printing is currently available for purchase at the introductory rate of $249.  View the Course Description and purchase today. Foundations of 3D Printing, UL’s initial…
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Feb 3, 2015

UL Environment and BRE announce mutual recognition Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Mutual recognition offers manufacturers a simpler entry to global marketplace  MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 03, 2015 —UL Environment, a business division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories) Supply…
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Feb 1, 2015

Design World Podcast: Simin Zhou talks 3DP training, safety and quality

Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor of the Design World Network, interviewed Simin Zhou, Vice President of UL’s Digital Manufacturing Technologies team, for the latest Design World podcast. …
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Jan 21, 2015

BSMI Publishes Notice for Children’s Raincoats

The Taiwan Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) published public notice that aims to provide and ensure children’s safety in using locally produced and imported raincoats…
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Jan 21, 2015

CAA Issues Partial Revision to Textile Labeling Regulations

The Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) of Japan has issued a document that aims to partially revise the textile goods quality labeling regulations in Japan. The partial revision is intended to…
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Jan 21, 2015

CEN Updates EN 14682:2007 Safety of Children’s Clothing - Cords and Drawstrings

UPDATE   In October of 2015 the European Union (EU) published a list of standards harmonized under the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC, including the new version of EN…
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Jan 21, 2015

EC Issues Report for the Application of Textile Fiber Naming

The European Commission (EC) has issued a report providing results of the application of the Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of September 27, 2011. The regulation pertains to the textile fiber…
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Jan 21, 2015

EC Proposes to Amend Annex II of Directive 2011/65/EU, Adding Three Phthalates and One Flame Retardant for Consideration

The European Commission (EC) Delegated Directive proposed will amend Annex II to Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2) of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of…

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