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Riso Kagaku printer fails RoHS directive compliance

Riso Kagaku printer fails RoHS directive compliance

Riso Kagaku’s ComColor FT1430 Printer was archived due to noncompliance with crucial European RoHS environmental safety standards. Printer OEM Riso Kagaku Corporation has recently faced nonconformance issues with the European RoHS Directive. This issue was...
26% of recovered waste is non-compliant with REACH

26% of recovered waste is non-compliant with REACH

A pilot enforcement project on substances recovered from waste reveals that 26 % of checked substances are in breach of REACH. This pilot project was undertaken for the first time by the Enforcement Forum in eleven member states who checked 46 cases to assess the...
Print-Rite Europe and PRPS get ahead on UKCA marking

Print-Rite Europe and PRPS get ahead on UKCA marking

Print-Rite Europe (PRE) and PRP Solutions GmbH (PRPS) are already onboard and ready with the UK Governments new UK certification following Brexit. The UKCA marking replaces the EU wide CE mark certification of a manufacturer’s conformity with European health, safety...
Don’t SCIP the January deadline

Don’t SCIP the January deadline

During the last week of October, the SCIP database will open for submitting notifications to comply with the EU legal obligations ahead of the mandatory requirement that comes into effect on 5th January 2021, as outlined in the Waste Framework Directive. SCIP is the...
23% of imported products not REACH and CLP compliant

23% of imported products not REACH and CLP compliant

A pilot project by ECHA’s Enforcement Forum examining imports of products into the EU has found that 23 % of inspected products were non-compliant with REACH and CLP. National enforcement authorities and customs inspectors in 16 Member States checked almost 1,400...