Enhesa Flash 73 November 2013 Issue | Page 9

Enhesa global monitoring During August and September 2013, several new environmental, health & safety and product regulations were adopted that could directly impact your business. The following overview provides a brief description of the regulatory developments per country, the adoption date and the ID number of Enhesa’s monitoring report. For more details on any of these developments, you can register to receive detailed tailored Monitoring Reports or subscribe to one of the specific service on emerging issues: the Enhesa Update, the Enforcement Tracker, the EEE Service, the GHS monitoring service, or the Nanotechnologies monitoring. For further information visit www.enhesa.com or email us at [email protected]. Europe-Africa Austria • Competition for the collection and disposal of household packaging to be increased 16-Sep-2013 [48763] Belgium • FEDERAL: 2013 Rules applicable to transports of dangerous goods by inland waterways become mandatory 30-Aug-2013 [31067] • FLEMISH REGION: Updated list of technologies, which if invested in, are entitled to renewable energy guarantees 12-Aug-2013 [42944] • FLEMISH REGION: Subsidies available for SME’s for improving their environmental and energy policies 02-Aug-2013 [52154] • FLEMISH REGION: Companies that create environmental damage need to take certain measures and provide relevant information 16-Aug-2013 [52212] • FEDERAL: Allocation system introduced for guarantees of origin for electricity generated by renewable resources 08-Aug-2013 [52241] • FEDERAL: Longer working weeks for employees possible 29-Aug-2013 [52242] • FEDERAL: Expiry date adopted for an exemption to the RoHS ban on lead 30-Aug-2013 [52524] • FEDERAL: Consolidated list of variations to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions (TI) published 15-Aug-2013 [52693] • FEDERAL: Project to carry out further health surveillance relating to workplace sinonasale cancer risks caused by wood dust 11-Sep-2013 [52808] Bulgaria • Technical requirements for long-term storage of metallic mercury at waste storage sites updated 13-Sep2013 [52083] • Project energy characteristics certificate becomes mandatory for new buildings 14-Sep-2013 [52084] • Quarterly reports on packaging placed on the market must include information for the previous twelve months 30-Aug-2013 [52085] • Technical energy efficiency parameters for buildings harmonised with EU Law 14-Sep-2013 [52669] 9