Global Product Compliance

On 28 November 2023, the Brazilian Senate approved the draft Legislative Decree PDL 380/2023 to accept the Plurinational State of Bolivia as a full member state of the South American Common Market trading block (MERCOSUR). Bolivia, which had previously held an associate state status alongside Chile, Peru, and Colombia, now joins the ranks of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay as a full member.

Are your company’s products for sale in California? Do you have retail or distribution facilities in the state? Are products sold through downstream customers or distributors in places that may include California? If the answer is yes or if you’re unsure what happens downstream, you are likely responsible for complying...

3E is excited to finally host our annual Engage event in-person this year, May 18 – 19, in Amsterdam . Join our growing global community of EHS, Product Stewardship and Compliance leaders and practitioners for two full days of a value-packed agenda including insightful presentations, roundtable discussions, networking and more...

On 20 December 2021 South Africa filed a notification under the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement with the World Trade Organization (WTO) that proposes regulations to amend the current composition, production, and labeling regulations for wine, liqueur, and spirits of the Liquor Products Act. 3E Review G/TBT/N/ZAF/48/Rev.2/Add.1 filed by...

On 28 June 2021, the EU Commission announced a communication (COM(2021) 323 final) defining its strategic framework on health and safety at work for 2021–2027 and focusing on "improving workers’ health and safety over the coming years in the context of the post-pandemic world, marked with green and digital transitions,...

Do you supply or sell articles or complex objects containing Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) in the EU? If so, you’re likely looking for ways to simplify and streamline Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) reporting. According to ECHA , SCIP notification...

On 20 April 2018, the Oeko Institut announced a new consultation aimed at collecting information on seven substances which are to be assessed for possible inclusion in Annex II of the EU’s regulation on the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). The consultation runs through...

A big deadline is approaching in Canada -- Full compliance with WHMIS 2015 is expected by 1 December 2018 across all Canadian jurisdictions. On 28 March 2018, Health Canada emailed two fact sheets addressing compliance with the Hazardous Products Regulations , otherwise known as WHMIS 2015. The fact sheets published...

This past week, Senior Toxicologist Hans Plugge and I attended the 2018 NAEM EHS & Sustainability Software & Data Management conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. During the conference, we had the opportunity to present and facilitate a session on day 1 on The Challenge of Global Product Compliance: Driving Value...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to prohibit companies from making “ unqualified U.S.-origin claims for their products unless they can show that the products’ final assembly or processing – and all significant processing – take place in the United States, and that all or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the U.S.”