ReMed Newsletter – November 2024
Take a look at ReMed's recent activity, particularly their work on Design for Life, here.
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
EU have updated the CLP Regulation
Please be advised that the EU have updated the CLP Regulation as below. This will impact labelling requirements of mixtures placed on the EU and Northern Ireland markets. Regulation - EU - 2024/2865 - EN - EUR-Lex
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
EU Lawmakers Approve Regulation to Establish Carbon Removal Certification System
The European Council announced that it has given final approval for the establishment of the first EU-level certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products, creating a voluntary framework aimed at creating a certification system to quantify, monitor and verify carbon removals, and to counter greenwashing. The adoption of the new rules by the EU…
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
EU Regulators Call on Banks, Investors to Integrate Climate Risks Following “Fit-For-55” Stress Test
EU Regulators Call on Banks, Investors to Integrate Climate Risks Following “Fit-For-55” Stress Test
The EU’s financial regulators announced the release of the results of the “Fit-For-55” climate stress test, examining the resilience of banks, investment funds and the pension and insurance sectors to the transition to a low carbon economy. Read the article here.
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
COP29 Signals Turning Point: Lessons from History for Carbon Market Regulation
Read the article here.
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
Method to achieve circular designs of products
A new EU standard has been published. Please click here to find out more.
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
ECHA Weekly: Progress update on PFAS restriction
ECHA and authorities from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a progress update on the process to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Europe. Read more here.
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
New Government Affairs Working Party to be launched in 2025
We have been conducting a review of the External Affairs Working Party to gauge its effectiveness to members. While the feedback has been positive overall, its name has been the source of some confusion. Therefore, we intend to change the name to the Government Affairs Working Party. Some members have also stated that they believed the group was exclusive and…
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
BIVDA developing NHS ten-year plan response
We have been compiling our response to the NHS ten-year plan consultation to be submitted before the deadline at 5pm on Monday 2 December. While it is aimed at the whole country - from patients to clinicians - rather than organisations specifically, it is paramount that the Government hears from our sector given diagnostics' importance to Labour's three key NHS…
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024
Media Monitoring: 21 – 27 November
New study shows NICE Advice support can reduce appraisal timelines by 3 months Companies who receive scientific advice from our NICE Advice service may experience a faster path to guidance publication, a study has found. According to the study, technologies that received scientific advice took a median of 312 days to progress from marketing authorisation to NICE guidance publication. In…
Ben KempNovember 27, 2024