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,
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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]
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