take-e-way News and Press Releases

Regulations on the emission of formaldehyde in consumer products remain in a state of flux. Please be sure to pay attention to the materials used also for electrical products and make sure that your suppliers already have products that meet the requirements or prepare them for stricter rules to be introduced.

In addition to ongoing information provided by the German Central Packaging Register to the state enforcement authorities, a further instrument is now being introduced to deal with behaviour infringing administrative regulations: With immediate effect, the ZSVR will also publish case reports. These reports are used to present cases transparently that constitute violations of the German Packaging Act. The take-e-way team will be pleased to assist you if you are concerned that you may not be correctly registered (or not at all) with your packaging.

On 27 January 2020, the German Federal Environment Ministry sent the draft bill on the new Battery Act to participating experts and associations. Below is a summary of the most important changes to the existing Battery Act from our point of view.

The EU wants all old energy labels replaced by the end of the transition period of 18 months, i.e. March 2023. Trade-e-bility GmbH can create the new label and register the product in the EPREL database for you.

According to the new version of UN38, since 1 January 2020 the summary of test results has been mandatory to obtain a transport permit. The company trade-e-bility GmbH can assist you in preparing the summary of the test results.

The take-e-way affiliate trade-e-bility GmbH offers you a free initial consultation on the subject of Brexit/product conformity if you mention the key word “take-e-way” and will provide you with precautionary resilient hedging concepts.

The BMU, in coordination with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, has revoked the statement issued on 1 December 2009 to the effect that a joint take-back system for device batteries had been established.

With effect from 25 December 2019, all energy labelling requirements for luminaires in advertising, technical advertising material, etc. will cease to apply. The energy labelling requirements for lamps will remain unchanged until 1 September 2021.

On 12 November 2019, the VERE Association, together with take-e-way GmbH, hosted by far the largest product responsibility forum of its kind.

take-e-way and the association VERE e.V. bring together the participants of many and various interest groups and the present hot topics on a day and at a location to foster the exchange of views in order to approach the following decade of product responsibility in a constructive and solution-oriented way.