by stefanie | Mar 12, 2021 | World Focus
David Connett, Partner at Connett & Unland GbR shares his thoughts on the emerging trend for repairability. France did it in January and the EU did it in March – They took the first steps to informing consumers about the repairability of the devices they buy at...
by stefanie | Mar 8, 2021 | World Focus
Shops and online retailers are now required to use new energy labelling that has been introduced across the EU this month and improve repairability that requires manufacturers to keep spare parts available for a number of years after products are no longer on the...
by stefanie | Feb 25, 2021 | World Focus
The European Commission and national consumer authorities released the results of a screening of websites (“sweep”), an exercise carried out each year to identify breaches of EU consumer law in online markets. This year, for the first time ever, the sweep focused on...
by stefanie | Feb 18, 2021 | Around the Industry
You might have missed the UK’s withdrawal from the EU and the subsequent transition period that ended on 31st December 2020. Depending on which side of the English Channel you sit, you may have to deal with EU REACH, UK REACH and somewhere in the middle of all that,...
by stefanie | Jan 28, 2021 | World Focus
Parliamentarians step up the pressure to end the “take-make-dispose” economy and calls for binding targets for recycled content and that the EU policy on sustainable products should include non-energy-related products. The EU needs clear policy objectives to achieve a...
