Dear Members, please see below request for feedback from MedTech Europe in regard to the EU consultation on reducing environmental administrative burden, if you would like to provide feedback, please not that MTE require feedback by EoB 8th August. Pleasae provide any feedback via regulatory@bivda.org.uk. This would also impact product related reporting requirements for devices placed on the Northern Ireland…
Ben KempAugust 4, 2025
We are reaching out to inform you that yesterday the Commission adopted the delegated regulation amending Annex I to the Regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Background: PBDEs are already listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on POPs. Following Article 4(1)(b) of the POPs Regulation, each entry on a polybrominated diphenyl ether in…
Ben KempAugust 4, 2025
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2025 These Regulations amend the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3113) (“the principal Regulations”). The most significant change for members is that Online Market Places are now considered to be producers under the WEEE regulations.
Ben KempJuly 30, 2025
Take action to keep your active substance in the EU Review Programme. The active substance/product type combinations listed have been successfully notified into the EU Review Programme following open invitations. The next step is for a full active substance dossier to be submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) by the following deadline. This affects NI: 8 January 2027 Chlorine…
Ben KempJuly 30, 2025
Dear Members, please see this MedTech Europe update on the French Triman Logo implementation under the EU Packaging Labelling Directive. Dear members, Please be informed that following its letter of formal notice in February 2023 and its reasoned opinion in November 2024, the European Commission has now decided to refer France to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing…
Ben KempJuly 30, 2025
Defra UK REACH Consultation Defra want to hear your views on government proposals to extend: the UK REACH deadlines for businesses to submit dossiers for transitional registrations the dates for HSE (the UK REACH agency) to carry out compliance checks on 20% of registration dossiers The current transitional registration deadlines are: October 2026 October 2028 October 2030 The type and…
Ben KempJuly 30, 2025