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The revised VDMA Quick Guide to the Machinery Directive is now available five languages. The VDMA is thus continuing to drive forward Europeanization.
The Chemicals Package includes the 6th Omnibus (‘Chemicals’), a proposal to provide ECHA with additional resources and an action plan, including ‘Providing Clarity on PFAS’.
The first year under the EU Battery Regulation - The new German Battery Law Implementing Act (BattDG): What do producers and manufacturers need to consider?
The EU Commission is planning a comprehensive reform of key aspects of product law: digitalization of the New Legislative Framework, strengthening of market surveillance and accelerated standardization are intended to increase competitiveness and product safety.
The EU Commission is planning a regulation to introduce a mandatory digital EU Declaration of Conformity for machinery. This amendment is intended to change the EU Regulation Machinery before it comes into force.
ECHA has been tasked by the European Commission to develop a proposal for the restriction of various chromium(VI) substances. The proposal was published at the end of April 2025 and can be commented on from mid-June.
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 20.11.2024. The act is an EU Regulation that has legal effect in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA) without national implementation.
EU substance policy is bringing about far-reaching regulatory changes that will have a lasting impact on mechanical and plant engineering - we have shed light on the challenges and prospects.
The EU Battery Regulation aims to minimize the negative environmental impact of batteries. This has far-reaching consequences for the mechanical and plant engineering industry.
Update! The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has been published and will enter into force on december 11th. The VDMA has compiled a FAQ document to provide support and non-binding guidance to its members.
The second online information event this year on the new legal requirements for batteries took place on December 4, 2023. Find out more here.
The new brochure was created by the VDMA in cooperation with the companies Assent Compliance & 1ccc a WEEE. The PDF can be downloaded here.
Manufacturers based outside the UK who wish to import products, such as machinery, into the UK must appoint an importer and provide details of this.
Due to environmental and potential health hazards, the EU intends to restrict the broad group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the REACH regulation.
Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS) are currently polarizing opinion. The EU has come out in favor of a blanket ban on around 10,000 chemicals in this group of substances. At first glance, a well-intentioned approach to protecting the environment, but the announcement puts important industries at risk.
Under the heading "Battery legal requirements - From the BattG to the EU Battery Regulation", the VDMA held an event on March 20, 2023. Here is the most important in brief.
On 07.02.2023 ECHA has pre-published the restriction dossier on the broad restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
For a long time, the mechanical and plant engineering industry was convinced that regulations such as REACH and RoHS had a maximum indirect impact on it. Today, the customer demands "REACH and RoHS conformity" - even before the contract is concluded.
