Softlines & Leather | Monthly bulletin | March 2020

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Regulatory news

Europe

Standards Updates

See below a table summarising the most recent standard updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

France

R-nano: Study report 2018

In December 2019, The Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition published the Elements from the declarations of substances in nanoparticulate state - Study report 2018.

This document constitutes the sixth annual report on the elements resulting from the declarations of substances in nanoparticulate state, deposited in the national register r-nano.

The official publication can be found here.

US

Public consultation to clarify Proposition 65

On 31^st January 2020, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) opened a public consultation in relation to proposed amendments to its Proposition 65 with the aim of clarifying ambiguities in Article 6 of the warning regulation. Comments can be submitted until 16^th March 2020.

For further information, click here to visit the OEHHA’s website.

China

China Updated textiles standard list in January 2019

On 7^th January 2020, the ministry of industry and information technology of the People's Republic of China (MIIT) Published the notice No.61 of 2019 and a number of industrial standards and technical specifications for measurement were published with 447 industry standards which including 55 standards of textile industry.

Below table listed some of the relevant textile standards (including but not limit to):

The completed notification can be found here (in Chinese).

International

Upcoming dates of application

As a reminder, below is a summary table of the standards and legislation that will come into effect within the next six months and which will require application:

• Standards:
  
  China:

• • 1^st July 2020 is the date of withdrawal of the Chinese standard GB/T 19941.1-2019, Leather and fur—Determination of formaldehyde content—Part 1: High performance liquid chromatography method and GB/T 19941.2-2019 Leather and fur—Determination of formaldehyde content—Part 2: Colorimetric method
    These standards replace to the Chinese standard GB/T 19941-2005
  • 1^st July 2020 is the date of withdrawal of the Chinese standard GB/T 19942-2019, Leather and fur-Chemical tests-Determination of banned azo colourants
    This standard replaces to the Chinese standard GB/T 19942-2005
  • 1^st July 2020 is the date of withdrawal of the Chinese standard GB/T 22807-2019, Leather and fur—Chemical tests—Determination of chromium VI
    This standard replaces to the Chinese standard GB/T 22807-2008

Product Recalls / Alerts

Below you will find a monthly summary table of product recalls and alerts in Europe (Source “RAPEX”) and in the US (Source “CPSC”).

Europe

RAPEX (European Commission Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – Alerts reported by EU national authorities).

The following 5 alerts regarding Childcare articles, equipment and toys have been reported, from week 4 to week 7 of 2020.

US

From the 21^st January 2020 to the 15^th February of 2020, CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) has published the following recalls: 1 recall regarding Childcare and children’s products.

Commercial news

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