SGS Issues SafeGuardS Detailing Changes to Albanian POP Legislation

Top Quote SGS publishes SafeGuardS looking at Albania’s amended legislation on persistent organic pollutants (POP). End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) November 23, 2022 - SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS detailing the changes made by Albania with regards to persistent organic pollutants (POP) legislation.

    Albania issued Decision No. 691/2022 in October 2022. This amends Decision No. 360/2015, which aligned Albanian requirements with European Union (EU) Regulation (EU) 519/2012 (amending Regulation (EC) 850/2004).

    Decision No. 691/2022 brings Albanian regulations into closer alignment with EU Regulation 2019/1021 (POP Recast Regulation).

    SGS Connectivity & Products has published SafeGuardS 127.22 to help manufacturers and suppliers of consumer products understand the changes brought about by the revision to Albanian POP regulations.

    These include:
    • Revisions to certain restriction limits for tetra-, penta-, hexa- and heptabromodiphenyl ethers
    • New entries for:
    o Decabromodiphenyl ether (Deca-BDE)
    o Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and its main diastereoisomers
    o Pentachlorophenol its salts and esters
    o Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
    o Dicofol

    SafeGuardS 127.22 contains more details on these and other changes, including a table that summarizes the new limits for these substances.

    Stakeholders have until December 1, 2022, to ensure their products conform to the provisions in Decision No. 691/2022.

    SGS Consumer Product Services
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    SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full Albania Revises Legislation on Persistent Organic Pollutants SafeGuardS. [www.sgs.com/en/news/2022/11/safeguards-12722-albania-revises-legislation-on-persistent-organic-pollutants]

    Subscribe here, www.sgs.com/subscribesg, to receive SGS SafeGuardS direct to your inbox.

    For further information contact:

    Dr. HingWo Tsang
    Global Information and Innovation Manager
    Tel: (+852) 2774 7420
    Email: cp.media ( @ ) sgs dot com
    Website: www.sgs.com/hardlines
    LinkedIn: sgs-consumer-goods-&-retail

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