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The WEEE Regulations and “low cost” compliance schemes.

The various WEEE regulations introduced across Europe have generally resulted in the creation of one or two Producer Compliance Schemes within each Member State - not so the UK – here we have almost forty schemes operating within a  ‘compliance’ marketplace.  ...full story »

New Legislative Framework - Consultation

The deadline for answering the public consultation on the alignment of 10 product harmonisation directives with the NLF has again been postponed until 15 October. ...full story »

EuP Lot 24 - commercial dishwashers, Task 6 Questionnaire

Attached is a working document regarding Task 6 for EuP Lot 24 (Technical Analysis of Best Available Technologies, dishwashers). The Commission consultant (Bio IS) has requested input from CESA members in the form of  comment and to complement the working document for all dishwasher product categories. ...full story »

RoHS - latest developments

Scope: At the latest Council working party, the Belgium Presidency issued a new compromise proposal (13th July) combining the open scope and impact assessment. ...full story »

Lot 24 - commercial dishwashers, further input requested

This is an information request from the project consultant following the recent stakeholder meeting ( please reply directly to the consultant cc to CESA:-...full story »

WEEE recast - orgalime postion paper

Attached is the Orgalime final position paper on the main priorities and proposals for further proceedings on WEEE recast. For reference and ease,attached is the consolidated report from Florenz which includes all results of the vote in the Environment Committee held on 22 June, and to which the Orgalime position refers. ...full story »

Fats Oils & Grease (FOG) Inaugural meeting - 7th July 2010

The Inaugural FOG meeting held at British Water and The Department for Business on the 7^th of July attracted over 50 attendees delivered 4 presentations and has subsequently generated a huge amount of correspondence which has justified the efforts made so far to bring about a focus on the issue. ...full story »

Ecodesign and energy labelling: Working documents for water heaters and hot water storage tanks

Enclosed a working document for a Commission communication related to transitional testing and calculation methods for water heaters and hot water storage tanks.

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CESA postion on flame failure devices

Copy of communication from Bryan Whittaker to the HSE :-  ...full story »

Boiling Water Task Force - URGENT

The Commission has just published the draft implementing Measures for the Lot 2 – Water Heaters and Hot Water Cylinders. ...full story »

CESA EuP Seminar Tuesday 13th July 2010

CESA EUP SEMINAR ...full story »

Eco design - Water Heaters implementing measure

Here are the following working documents circulated by the Commission on Ecodesign and Labelling requirements for water heaters and hot water storage tanks: ...full story »

Energy Using Products – ENTR Lot 1 Commercial Refrigeration

In discussions with DG Enterprise and Industry, EFCEM has agreed to co-ordinate an informal working group of manufacturers who supply commercial refrigeration equipment and walk-in cold rooms. ...full story »

Orgalime press relaease re. WEEE Recast:: Disappointing Environment Committee Vote

In its vote today, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has established its position on the Commission recast proposal for the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment(WEEE). “While the committee under the lead of its Rapporteur, Karl-Heinz Florenz, has in anumber of areas taken into account the complexity of the WEEE management process in practice,today’s Committee vote has missed the opportunity to introduce several significant improvements to the Commission proposal”, states Adrian Harris, Director General of Orgalime. ...full story »

WEEE Voting

The EP ENVI committee has adopted the draft report of Rapporteur Karl-Heinz FLORENZ on the WEEE recast proposal with 54 votes in favour, 1 against and 3 abstentions. ...full story »

Recast Energy Labelling Directive for Energy Related Products

The Directive 2010/30/EU of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products has been published in the Official Journal (L 153 – 18.06.2010). ...full story »

Fans and the Ecodesign Directive

Implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW...full story »

METALWORKING - FIRST WORKSHOP ON METALWORKING AND METAL ARTICLES INDUSTRIES IN THE EU

The European Commission and the Basque Government are organizing, under the Spanish Presidency, a workshop as a follow-up to the recently completed Report on the Competitiveness of the EU Metalworking and Metal Articles Industries (MMA) (available at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/mechanical/files/metalworking/mma_final_report_181109_final_en.pdf). ...full story »

Consolidated RoHS report of Rapporteur Jill Evans

Following the recent ENVI committee vote on the RoHS recast proposal, attached is the consolidated RoHS report of Rapporteur Jill Evans, which lists the 103 amendments that have been adopted by the committee.

MTP Consultation

Attached the presentations from the recent EuP stakeholder meeting. If you have any questions, please forward these to...full story »

Summary of the Environment Council meeting on 11th June 2010

Below is a summary prepared and circulated by Orgalime on the outcome of the Environment Council meeting on Friday 11 June. ...full story »

WEEE Compromise by the Environment Council

Please find here a short update on the ongoing WEEE compromising process in the EP:Time wise, the  Rapporteur and Shadow Rapporteurs agree to stick with the committee vote on 22 June.In order to meet this deadline, the compromise package should be finalised by 16 July and the voting list is envisaged to be finalised by 18 July.The plenary vote, as reported yesterday, moves to autumn. ...full story »

Gas Safety Trust - new branding

The CORGI Trust has changed it’s name to The Gas Safety Trust to fully reflect its aims and objectives. ...full story »

Water Using Products

Members who have an interest in the area of water using products should register to be part of this group in order to be able to influence reports and potential activity which includes taps and showerheads. This will include commercial applications. ...full story »

RoHS Recast - Vote

The EP ENVI committee has adopted the draft report of Rapporteur Jill Evans on the RoHS recast proposal with 55 MEPs in favour, 1 against and 2 abstentions. Initial summary of the main outcome of the vote:  ...full story »

Commercial Refrigeration - Consultation Forum Report

This implementing measure under the Energy Using Products Directive has the aim of improving the energy efficiency of commercial refrigeration equipment of all types being placed on the market in the E.U. At the stakeholder consultation forum held on Friday 4th June with the consultant undertaking the work (BIO Industries) relating to EUP Lot 1 for refrigeration discussion included:...full story »

EFCEM contributes to RoHS recast letter

Please find attached the final statement that Orgalime issued together with CECED, CECIMO, CELMA, COCIR, ELC and EFCEM ahead of the vote in the Environment committee on the RoHS recast proposal. We thank the colleagues from co-signing sector organisations for their cooperation under tight time constraints. ...full story »

Bio Waste management in the E.U.

The European Commission just published a Communication on future steps in bio-waste management in the European Union. ...full story »

Standardisation consultation

Attached below is the be Orgalime contribution to the Public consultation on the review of the European Standardisation. ...full story »

Publication of ENTR Lot 1 working documents and confirmation of second stakeholder meeting, 4th June, Brussels

You can now access the latest ENTR Lot 1 working documents, including an executive summary, the Task 1 to 5 reports, an annex on refrigeration systems, and a summary of stakeholder comments to date, via the following links: ...full story »

CPD - Orgalime position paper

Below is the latest Orgalime Position Paper  on the proposed Regulation laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of the construction products. ...full story »

WEEE / RoHS : Final Orgalime opinions on WEEE and RoHS recast amendments

Please see below the final Orgalime opinions on WEEE and RoHS amendments in Parliament and the final Orgalime position on “ Improving registration of producers in the Directive on WEEE”. ...full story »

ATEX - Text to be added to chapter 10.1.3 of the ATEX Guidelines

Please see below and attached information circulated to the Orgalime Task Force concerning a document "Information for repair, maintenance and overhaul of equipment - Proposal of text to be inserted into the ATEX Guidelines". ...full story »

Lot 24 - commercial dishwashers, task 2 Market Trends

The consultants undertaking this work need for further clarification regarding Task 2, Market Trends. Please see attached a short questionnaire....full story »

Eco design - Fans

The scope of the draft regulation includes both, fans standing alone and fans integrated in products. Some applications are already foreseen to be explicitly excluded from the scope. The Committee vote on ecodesign requirements for fans is planned on 11 June 2010 and the publication in the O.J. is expected in October 2010. ...full story »

Eco design - Overview of implementation

Update of processes relating to the Eco design Directive....full story »

Environment Agency - WEEE Scope guidance

Below is the latest Electrical and Electronic Equipment Guidance document produced by the Environment Agency:...full story »

Recast of the Energy Labeling Directive

The E.U. Council has adopted the enclosed Common Position on the recast Energy Labelling framework directive on 14 April 2010. ...full story »

Water scarcity

The European Commission will organize a stakeholders meeting in Brussels on 27 April 2010, to launch the Water Scarcity & Droughts Policy Review foreseen in 2012. Two studies conducted by Bio-intelligence include : ...full story »

Lot 24 - commercial dishwashers, task 4 research

As already announced in the previous communication on use phase-data (Task 3 and part of Task 4), preparations are underway for the data collection for the rest of Task 4 (production, distribution and end-of-life)....full story »

Customs legislation: Consulation on the Review of customs legislation on enforcement of intellectual property rights

The Commission just launched a consultation on the Review of customs legislation on enforcement of intellectual property rights. The European Commission is looking for guidance on how EU customs policy could improve with regard to stopping counterfeit products at the EU’s borders. ...full story »

Lot 23 (Cooking Equipment) report published

The Lot 23 team has announced the release of draft version of Task 1. ...full story »

Lot 23 (Cooking Equipment) Questionnare for manufacturers

Below is the 1st questionnaire for manufacturers of commercial appliances for commercial hobs and grills including when incorporated in cookers...full story »

Lot 22 questionnaire for manufacturers

Below is the 1st questionnaire for manufacturers of commercial appliances for commercial hobs and grills including when incorporated in cookers...full story »

EuP - Lot 24 Professional Dishwasing Equipment - Task 2 & 3

Öko-Institut is currently working on tasks 3 and 4 of the study (i.e. user behaviour and technical analysis of existing products). They need your help in collecting and complementing data. ...full story »

CESA Members : WRAS Approvals

Members will want to know that water inspectors appear to be upholding the requirement that equipment has an up to date WRAS product approval. ...full story »

The EC F gas review

Article 10 of the EC Regulation states that the European Commission must review all the provisions of the EC F gas Regulation and produce a report on its findings and recommendations by 4 July 2011. ...full story »

EuP Consultation Forum to discuss electric fans

The European Commission (EC) has announced that the seventeenth meeting of the Eco-design of Energy-using Products Framework Directive (the EuP Directive) Consultation Forum will take place on Friday 26th March in Brussels to discuss the revised draft ecodesign Regulations on electric fans....full story »

Motors & Circulator Product GSBNs now available

In December 2009, Defra published its second consultation on the Government’s analysis, targets and indicative standards for a range of energy using products, titled...full story »

New UNU study on WEEE collection rate: existing rate would have to double

Attached is a new study from the United Nations University (UNU) titling “WEEE recast: from 4kg to 65%: the compliance consequences”. ...full story »

WEEE Collection in Sweden

Below is a document regarding the WEEE situation in Sweden and how collection is organised. ...full story »

EuP - Lot 25 non tertiary coffee machines

The Lot 25 consultants have released the draft version of Task 1. ...full story »

EuP - Draft Cold labels

The European Commission (EC) has circulated a working document on a possible Commission regulation with regard to labels for refrigerating appliances, in advance of the EC inter-service consultation. ...full story »

WEEE Recast -update from the Orgalime WEEE Task Force

 Update on the Orgalime WEEE Task force meeting ...full story »

Trade Inquiry: Have you experienced problems at Turkish borders?

In the course of last year, several companies in the mechanical sector and others reported problems at the Turkish borders when importing products directly from production plants based outside the EU. ...full story »

ENTR Lot 1 second stakeholder meeting - 12th February 2010 (Brussels)

From BIO Intelligence Service S.A.S. -We would like to inform you that the ENTR Lot 1 second stakeholder meeting will be held in Brussels on Friday February 12th 2010, from approximately 10h00 to 16h00 CET. ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS Timetable

For information, here is the agenda of discussions on the WEEE recast in the in the Environment Committee of the European Parliament: ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS Recast

 Attached the first version of draft Orgalime proposals for amendments on the RoHS recast proposal for your comments. ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS recasts: Presidency compromise proposals

Below are the Presidency compromise texts on the WEEE and RoHS recast proposals. The main conclusions are the following:   ...full story »

An update on the position in Europe in relation to Bio Waste

After the publication of the results of the 1^st consultation earlier this year, the Commission dropped the idea of a second consultation planned in August/September. ...full story »

Saving energy through better products and appliances: consultation on analysis, aims and indictive standards for energy

This is the second DEFRA consultation on the Government’s analysis, targets and indicative standards for a range of energy-using products and appliances. The consultation sets out the technical analysis of what can be achieved by improving the energy-efficiency of a range of domestic and non-domestic appliances in pursuit of the UK’s energy and climate change ambitions, as set  out in the 2007 Energy White Paper and the 2009 Low Carbon Transition Plan. ...full story »

DEFRA Saving Energy Through Better Products and Appliances Consultation

Defra has launched its second consultation on its analysis, targets and indicative standards for a range of energy-using products, setting out how these products need to improve over the period to 2030 in order to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. ...full story »

EuP Working Document on a possible Commission regulation forfans (125W-500kW)

The European Commission (EC) has circulated a working document on a possible Commission regulation with regard to fans in the power range 125W-500kW, which is currently undergoing inter-service consultation in advance of the meeting of the Eco-design of Energy-using Products Framework Directive (the EuP Directive) Regulatory Committee on Fans, which is expected to take place towards the end of January 2010. The text can be viewed here:...full story »

ENTR Lot 1 - Refrigeration systems questionnaire (due 16th December 2009)

CESA consultation - please email keith.warren@cesa.org.uk with any generic points that CESA should represent in it submission on behalf of the sector. From Bio Intelligence:- A questionnaire has been prepared to collect information on refrigeration systems for the Ecodesign Preparatory Study on refrigerating and freezing equipment (ENTR Lot 1), in the context of the Ecodesign Directive (2005/32/EC) of the European Commission. ...full story »

EBPD - recast Energy performance of buildings directive

On Thursday 19 November, the Council reached agreement with the European Parliament on the Commission’s proposal on the recast Energy performance of buildings directive. The agreed text is attached (parts in grey are compromise text). ...full story »

Energy Labelling Directive

 On 19 November 09, the Council reached agreement with the European Parliament on the Commission proposal for the recast Directive on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) ...full story »

WEEE Scope - DG Environment response. Commercial equipment is not covered by the term 'Household'

Following the EFCEM letter to DG environment (EFCEM Klaus Koegler October 2009) we have received the following response from Klaus Koegler, Head of Unit, stating that the term 'Household' does not include commercial catering equipment. ...full story »

EUP

A second set of questionnaires is still active to collect information for the Ecodesign Preparatory Study on refrigerating and freezing equipment (ENTR Lot 1). Please complete the questionnaire(s) before Friday November 6^th, 2009. ...full story »

REACH - Updated Orgalime Guide

The second update of the "Practical Guide for downstream users, article producers and article importers to understanding Regulation n° 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH)" ...full story »

Orgalime models of DoC and DoI

Attached are the Orgalime Models for Declarations of Conformity and Declarations of Incorporation for Directive 2006/42/EC which were finalized and agreed at the last Machinery Core group meeting on 5 October 2009. ...full story »

New Machinery Guidance Notes 2008

The UK Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 SI 2008/1597 comes into force on Tuesday 29 December 2009. ...full story »

RoHS and the Swedish Presidency

The Swedish Presidency  has brought forward some proposals on the issue of the relationship RoHS with REACH and asks member states to give their comments at the Council working party meeting next Tuesday, 23.9.  ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS workshop - 24th September 2009, Brussels

Following the numerous requests from industry representatives to participate in the Orgalime WEEE/RoHS recast workshop on 24.09.2009, This message concerns the participation of industry representatives in the event. ...full story »

Eco design - Lot 23 cooking equipment

FROM Bio Intelligence Service: We are contacting you regarding the preparatory study on commercial and domestic hobs and grills (TREN Lot 23) launched by DG TREN in the context of the Ecodesign Directive of the European Commission (EC)....full story »

Eco design

On 8 September, the DG ENTR of the European Commission convened the first meeting of the ECO DESIGN WORKING GROUP. ...full story »

WEEE and RoHS recast -timelines

Below is a detailed indication on the tentative timeline for discussions on the RoHS recast proposals in the European Parliament, which could be similar for the WEEE proposal: ...full story »

ENTR Lot 1 (Refrigeration) - first report on sales and energy consumption

Enclosed a matrix of draft sales and energy consumption figures for ENTR Lot 1 equipment. These figures have been collected through a literature review, responses to the 1^st ENTR Lot 1 questionnaire and our estimates. It includes notes on assumptions and estimates used. ...full story »

RoHS Regulations Guidlines from BERR

BERR has published new Government Guidance Notes (dated July 2008) for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) ...full story »

EFCEM Blue Book v7.0

The EFCEM Blue Book is the definitive guide to E.U legislation affecting the manufacture and supply of commercial kitchen equipment. It can be dowloaded at :-...full story »

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