Current News highlights

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Covered in current reports:

• Non-food product safety: 50% increase in unsafe products
• Chemicals: REACH programme moves towards June implementation
• RFID tags: still struggling to harmonise EU regulations
• Certification marks in Europe: a new phase of debate?
• Eco-design and energy labelling: major developments ahead
• Toys: emergency action against small magnets
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HCFCs): certification processes announced
• Plastics in contact with foods: recycled materials and additives
• Mobile TV: single standard confirmed
• Mobile phones on aircraft to be authorised
• Personal protective equipment (PPE): new standards
• Medical devices: updated guidance, and new ISO standards
• Aerosols: updates to specifications and methods
• Explosives: mandatory traceability, and restrictions on chemicals
• Cosmetics: new data-base and new requirements for fragrances
• Cigarettes: clarification of flammability requirement
• Standards and government policy: EU update
• Broadband telecommunications: warning on standard
• Cigarette lighters: new ban in force
• Air traffic control equipment: progress on standards