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Twenty-six member states back formaldehyde rules

Class E05, previously only required in Germany, to apply throughout Europe

01 March 2023
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Published in issue 9/2023
The Member States Committee (MSC) of the ECHA has agreed to a proposal to revise the formaldehyde emission limit values submitted by the European Commission in a consultation carried out via a written procedure that ran from 23...
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Associations welcome UBA clarification on formaldehyde

11 December 2019
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Published in issue 50/2019
In a statement sent to EUWID on 28 November, the German wood-based panel association Verband der Deutschen Holzwerkstoffindustrie (VHI), based in Berlin, and wood industry association Hauptverband der Deutschen Holzindustrie...
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Formaldehyde: Storage place may not play a role after all

04 December 2019
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Published in issue 49/2019
Selling off inventories of wood-based panels manufactured by 31 December 2019 in accordance with the current version of the German Chemical Prohibition Ordinance (ChemVerbotsVO) might be allowed regardless of the place of storage...
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Suppliers still allowed to sell off their stocks of E1

UBA and BLAC published FAQ document in mid-November

27 November 2019
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Published in issue 48/2019
E1 wood-based panels made by 31 December 2019 in accordance with the current version of the German Chemical Prohibition Ordinance (ChemVerbotsVO) and stored at locations in Germany can be sold off, even after a switchover in...
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Egger Group poised to switch to E05 substrate

20 November 2019
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Published in issue 47/2019
The Egger group, based in St. Johann, Austria, now intends to change its use of substrate for melamine lamination to E05 at its Central European mills too in connection with changes to formaldehyde testing methodology in Germany...
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UBA incorporating proposals from different German states

06 November 2019
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Published in issue 45/2019
The wood-based panel and furniture industry and related industry associations are still awaiting clarification from the German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) and the Joint Federal/State Working Group on Chemical Safety (BLAC)...
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EPA and project firm reach a settlement

18 September 2019
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Published in issue 38/2019
The Global Sourcing Solutions of the property project firm Turner Logistics LLC, which is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, will have to pay US$544,064 for infringing Title VI of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which...
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ECHA publishes report on formaldehyde exposure

European Commission sets guideline values for workplace exposure

21 August 2019
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Published in issue 34/2019
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) presented an interim report entitled Worker Exposure to Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasers on 12 July 2019. This report is connected to a European Commission initiative. The institution had...
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Wood-based panel makers explore full changeover

A few mills already operating consistently in accordance with the new rules

21 August 2019
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Published in issue 34/2019
Wood-based panel manufacturers and converters focusing on serving the German market have now started to convert their manufacturing operations to reflect a new measuring methodology that will be used in Germany to determine...
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Germany: New formaldehyde rules to take effect in January 2020 as planned

BLAC committee rejects postponement sought by associations

17 July 2019
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Published in issue 29/2019
Planned changes to the measuring methodology used in Germany to determine formaldehyde emissions from wood-based panels will likely enter into force on 1 January 2020 after all. In a letter sent to the German Federal Environment...
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