As of today – 18 August 2025 – further comprehensive obligations apply as part of the gradual entry into force of the EU Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. Here you will find FAQs on the EU Batteries Regulation for distributors, producers and importers who sell batteries or devices containing batteries in one or more EU countries.
Electrical equipment imported for own use in Finland is subject to extended producer responsibility. For WEEE in Belgium, the rule is that professional end users are obliged to…
The registration obligation has been in force since 1st July 2023. In order to register as producer, non-Hungarian companies are required to appoint an Authorised Representative in…
Summer is finally here! Time to switch off and gather new ideas before the end-of-year rush and Christmas business start. But competition never sleeps. It's time to develop ideas…
"Selling Batteries in the EU – update to Battery Regulation" is the topic on Friday, 15 August 2025, at 10 a.m. live in our free online Compliance Talk with our experts Magdalena Barylska and Heiko Rendle from take-e-way. You will have the opportunity to talk to other affected sellers in person. In order to present the topics to our domestic and…
As soon as Labubu or Lafufu products are sold as toys or cuddly toys in the EU – whether as originals or replicas – the provisions of the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC and national product safety laws such as the Product Safety Act (ProdSG) in Germany apply. Only through consistent testing and implementation of the applicable regulations can fines, product…
This applies to batteries sold individually and batteries contained in products. According to its own statements, Amazon will be prohibited from offering unregistered batteries in some countries from 18 August 2025.
The Barrier-Free Accessibility Act (BFSG) has come into force. Among other things, it affects computers, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, mobile phones, self-service terminals such as ATMs, ticket and check-in machines, televisions with internet access, e-book readers, routers and also micro-enterprises that place BFSG products on the market.
Despite the provisional political agreement on the Commission's proposal to simplify and strengthen the CO2 border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), the Commission is now pushing ahead…
The German Federal Council is asking the federal government to examine a deposit solution for certain lithium-ion batteries. It is questionable whether the Battery Implementation…
The German Central Organisation for Private Copying Rights (ZPÜ) asserts remuneration claims for devices and blank media against producers and importers on behalf of nine German collecting societies. The ZPÜ recently wrote to numerous IT companies and is now also demanding information and a device levy for game consoles. Affected VERE members can take…
Amazon's artificial intelligence searches brand websites and checks or saves statements made about products and packaging content as part of the compliance processes. If formulations are recognised on external brand websites that do not comply with the Amazon marketplace regulations, listings may be deactivated.
The first companies affected by the EUDR must be fully prepared for the requirements of the Deforestation Regulation by 30 December 2025. Many companies do not even realise that their products are affected. Here are some product examples from trade-e-bility practice that are not always identified as EUDR relevant at first glance but could be affected, such…
After an initial debate, the German Bundestag referred the bill to the Environment Committee for further discussion. Prior to this, the Federal Cabinet had approved the draft bill submitted by the Federal Ministry for the Environment for a law to harmonise national law with the EU Batteries Regulation.
Various organisations have filed a complaint with the BAFA against a well-known textile discounter for violations of the German Supply Chain Act. On the other hand, the opposition in the Bundestag has failed with its supply chain initiatives.
In order to adequately safeguard the policy objectives, the mandate ensures that the investigation and assessment obligations are extended if objective and verifiable information indicates that there are negative impacts that go beyond the direct business partners.
Countries such as Austria, where the forest area is growing, would be penalised, while countries with actual deforestation are not classified as high-risk areas. The introduction of a "zero-risk category" is being called for.
The key question is how companies should behave during the transition period, as current law imposes requirements but changes are foreseeable.
Under pressure from the EPP, the EU Commission has suspended the Green Claims negotiations for the time being. However, the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (EmpCo) Directive has already entered into force on 26 March 2024, and its rules must be applied from 27 September 2026.
In future, chemical substances such as those in toys, food and pesticides are to be assessed in a standardised manner. The aim is to recognise risks earlier, reduce the burden on authorities and improve the protection of people and the environment.
The VERE Association welcomes the appointment of Gitta Connemann as the Federal Government's Commissioner for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Today more than ever, SMEs need her hands-on personality, which is always focussed on the matter in hand rather than ideology.
The EU Batteries Regulation (BattR) and the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) stipulate full or partial compliance with REACh requirements. Both legislations require the issuing of a declaration of conformity and thus also the documentation of the measures to implement the respective REACh requirements.
Affected are products of raw materials that fall under the EUDR Regulation: Wood, cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber and soya. A normal risk applies to non-listed countries. Countries with high risk are subject to sanctions by the United Nations Security Council or the EU Council for imports or exports of the relevant raw materials and products.
The core element of the Omnibus IV proposal is a postponement of the date of application of the due diligence obligations under the EU Batteries Regulation by 2 years. This time should give those affected the opportunity to prepare themselves better (e.g. with guidelines) or time to set up notified bodies and recognised systems.
In addition to energy consumption, from 20 June 2025 additional information must be provided on drop resistance, ease of repair and protection against water and foreign objects.
The EU Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) rejects simplifications to the CSRD and CSDDD and calls for the existing thresholds for company size to be retained and for almost all proposed changes to be cancelled.
The VERE e.V. expressly welcomes the consideration of the criticism previously expressed by the association regarding the amount of the security deposit for industrial batteries, in addition to the clearly expressed points of criticism. VERE points out, among other things, that the placing of industrial batteries on the market becomes more expensive due to…
The new EU Single Market Strategy focuses on removing the "Terrible Ten", i.e. the ten most harmful barriers reported by businesses, including in particular fragmented rules on packaging, labelling and waste (rank 6) and lack of product compliance (rank 7). Here you will find the most important proposed actions.
Importers have their own labelling obligations in addition to the producer's labelling. Sellers are responsible for informing the market surveillance authorities via the Safety Business Gateway.
The blocking of individual ASINs, warnings under competition law, fines and account blocking can be the result if there is no ElektroG registration or WEEE numbers are incorrectly assigned.
If certain limit values are exceeded, a so-called "declaration of completeness" must be submitted to the Foundation Central Agency Packaging Register (ZSVR) by 15 May of the following year at the latest. Failure to submit a declaration of completeness can be penalised with fines of up to 100,000 euros.
MEPs are in favour of a new threshold of 50 tonnes, which would exempt the vast majority (90%) of importers – mainly small and medium-sized enterprises and private individuals – who import only small quantities of CBAM goods.
The ECB warns of the negative consequences of a planned 80 per cent reduction in the scope of the CSRD. According to the ECB, this would restrict access to important information and could have undesirable consequences, such as less information on greenhouse gas emissions.
"Authorised Representative in an EPR and Compliance Context" is the topic on Friday, 20/06/2025, at 10 a.m. live in our free online compliance talk with our expert Magdalena Barylska from take-e-way. You will have the opportunity to talk to other affected parties in person. The event will be held in English due to the extent to which our foreign customers in…
The German battery registration board has published information on the security deposit for batteries depending on battery type, chemical composition, disposal costs and return rate. It can be assumed that the authorised take-back systems will pass on the costs for the security deposit to the system participants.
A report by the German government praises the efficient cooperation between the packaging register and the state enforcement authorities in enforcing the Packaging Act (VerpackG). The report makes clear that only around a third of producers who, according to their own information in LUCID, are required to prove system participation have actually done so.…