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This draft Commission Delegated Regulation sets requirements for the energy labelling and the provision of product information for smartphones and slate tablets. The draft Regulation is based on the findings of technical, environmental and economic studies which have been carried out with stakeholders from around the world.

This draft Commission Regulation sets compulsory requirements on:
a) design for reliability (resistance to accidental drops, scratch resistance, protection from dust and water, battery longevity)
b) ability of the product to be disassembled and repaired (such as availability of critical spare parts),
c) availability of operating system version upgrades
d) data deletion and transfer functionalities
e) provision of appropriate information for users, repairers and recyclers
for the products covered. In accordance with Framework Directive 2009/125/EC, products not meeting these requirements will not be allowed to be placed on the EU market. The draft Regulation is based on the findings of technical, environmental and economic studies which have been carried out with stakeholders from around the world.

The Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008) sets rules for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures. Part 1 of Annex VI lists notes that can be assigned to substances with harmonised classifications. These notes provide further instructions on how to classify and label these substances or mixtures containing them. (...)

Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum content of calcium oxide in straight solid inorganic macronutrient fertilisers: The minimum content of calcium oxide in straight solid macronutrient fertilisers is lowered from 12% to 9%.

This will amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325, with the objective of updating the list of third countries (Annex I) and control authorities/control bodies (Annex II) recognised for imports of organic products in the EU.

This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not approve silver nitrate as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 7. This active substance is no longer supported by the applicant who submitted its application for approval under the previous Directive 98/8/EC outside the review programme of existing active substances and the conditions for approval under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 are thus not met. Biocidal products containing this active substance already cannot be placed on the market, but treated articles with those biocidal products are benefitting from the transitional provisions set out in Article 94 of the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (...)

This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not approve epsilon-metofluthrin as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 19. This active substance is no longer supported by the applicant, who submitted its application for approval under the previous Directive 98/8/EC outside the review programme of existing active substances, and the conditions for approval under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 are thus not met. Biocidal products containing this active substance already cannot be placed on the market, but treated articles with those biocidal products are benefitting from the transitional provisions set out in Article 94 of the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (...)

This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not approve chloramin B as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2, 3, 4 and 5. This active substance is no longer supported by the applicant, who submitted its applications for approval under the previous Directive 98/8/EC outside the review programme of existing active substances, and the conditions for approval under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 are thus not met. Biocidal products containing this active substance already cannot be placed on the market, but treated articles with those biocidal products are benefitting from the transitional provisions set out in Article 94 of the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (...)

This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not approve 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one (BIT) as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 10. This active substance is no longer supported by the applicant, who submitted its application for approval under the previous Directive 98/8/EC outside the review programme of existing active substances, and thus the conditions for approval under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 cannot be met. Biocidal products containing this active substance already cannot be placed on the market, but treated articles with those biocidal products are benefitting from the transitional provisions set out in Article 94 of the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (...)

Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for clothianidin and thiamethoxam in or on certain products: The proposed draft Regulation addresses an environmental concern of global nature, that it is the decline of pollinators worldwide. It concerns the review of all existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for clothianidin and thiamethoxam to the limit of quantification in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 396/2005. This draft Regulation follows the non-renewal of the approval, due to the withdrawal of all applications for renewal, and expiry of all grace periods provided by Member States for stocks of plant protection products (PPP) on 31 January 2019 for clothianidin and on 30 April 2019 for thiamethoxam. (...) the outdoor uses of clothianidin and thiamethoxam were already severely restricted in 2013 (Regulation (EU) No 485/2013) and completely banned in 2018 (Regulation (EU) 2018/784 and Regulation (EU) 2018/785) following the risk assessments performed by European Food Safety Authority concluding that due to their intrinsic properties, the exposure from outdoor use of clothianidin and thiamethoxam leads to unacceptable risks for bees, or such risks could not be excluded based on the available data. (...)