The 'Blue Guide' on the Implementation of EU Product Rules
The 'Blue Guide' on the Implementation of EU Product Rules

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Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 9789279359989

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The Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach (the "Blue Guide") was published in 2000. Since then, it has become one of the main reference documents explaining how to implement the legislation based on the New Approach, now covered by the New Legislative Framework. Much of the 2000 edition of the "Blue Guide" is still valid but it requires updating to cover new developments and to ensure the broadest possible common understanding on implementation of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) for the marketing of products. It is also necessary to take account of the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty (in force since 1st December 2009) with regard to the legal references and terminology applicable to EU-related documents, procedures, etc. This new version of the Guide will therefore build on the past edition, but include new chapters, for example on the obligations of economic operators or accreditation, or completely revised chapters such as those on standardisation or market surveillance. The Guide has also been given a new title reflecting the fact that the New Legislative Framework is likely to be used, at least in part, by all types of Union harmonisation legislation and not only by the so-called "New Approach" directives.

Guide to EU Standards and Conformity Assessment
Guide to EU Standards and Conformity Assessment

Author: Helen Delaney

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-07

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1437900755

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An easy-to-use introductory guide for industry and gov¿t. officials on the principles and concepts behind the European Union¿s (EU) ¿New Approach¿ laws and directives. Will help bus. and gov¿t. officials understand the new laws, the EU¿s standardization process, and the relationships between the European Comm. and the European standardization bodies in the EU. Also provides info. on the EU¿s approach to conformity assessment and requirements for obtaining the CE mark to gain access to the European Market. Offers explanations of such requirements as: notified bodies, conformity assessment modules, supplier¿s declaration of conformity, tech. construction files, user manuals, authorized rep., and product liability in the EU. Charts and tables.

Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition of Standards in WTO Law
Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition of Standards in WTO Law

Author: Humberto Zúñiga Schroder

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9041142754

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Standards are a feature of virtually all areas of trade in products and services. Yet, although standards may achieve an efficient economic exchange, they have discriminatory consequences for trading partners when governments formulate or apply them in such a way as to cause obstacles to trade, thus enrolling standards among the increasingly significant ‘non-tariff barriers’ regulated by the WTO. This unique and original study analyses the functions that standards fulfil in the market, their effect on trade, and the legal regime based on harmonization, equivalence and mutual recognition developed by the WTO to deal with standards. The author investigates the way in which both the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Agreements regulate these three tools, and discusses key topics including: The definition of the concept ‘International Standard’ in the TBT Agreement. Guidelines on equivalence issued by organizations such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Organization for Animal Health and the International Plant Protection Convention. Parallels between the EC mutual recognition regime and the WTO system. This is the first work on its subject. With its detailed and practical analysis of WTO law on standards, the book is a fundamental reference for practitioners, academics and policy makers in international trade law.

The New EC Machinery Directive 2006
The New EC Machinery Directive 2006

Author: Thomas Klindt

Publisher: Beuth Verlag

Published: 2007-05-09

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9783410163107

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Der überarbeitete europäische EG-Maschinenrichtlinie enthält eine große Anzahl von Änderungen, die von besonderer Bedeutung für die praktische technische Anwendungen sind. Dazu gehören neue Maschinen Definitionen und modifizierte Anwendungen, Veränderungen in der Konformitätsbewertung für Anhang IV-Maschinen, neue CE-Kennzeichnung für Sicherheitsbauteile usw. Diese Änderungen werden viele Benutzer Fragen, die in diesem Handbuch kann helfen, beantworten zu generieren. Es enthält den vollständigen Text der Richtlinie und werden Abbildungen, eine detaillierte Einführung in diese regulatorischen Dokument bereitzustellen. Sein erfahrenes Team von Autoren aus Ingenieuren und Juristen gemacht, sorgt für ihre Nützlichkeit in der Praxis der Umsetzung der Richtlinie.