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The draft regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads in Scotland

The draft regulations make amendments to national approval schemes for Small-series type approval and Individual approval, which were set up in 2009 as foreseen under Article 23 and 24 of Directive 2007/46/EC on road vehicle approval. The national approval schemes offer manufacturers who sell low volumes of vehicles and sell them only into the UK, an alternative to obtaining European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) . The regulations include provisions for accepting national approvals from other member states, in line with Articles 23-6, 23-7 and 24-6 of the Directive which specify the Mutual Recognition procedures which must be followed. The technical standards for the national approval schemes have been updated to cover the latest EU regulations on Emissions and Safety, and are closely based on the requirements in the relevant EC Directives.

In addition we are proposing an amendment to passenger car fuel consumption regulations, in order to implement Commission Recommendation of 31.5.2017 on the use of fuel consumption and CO2 emission values type-approved and measured in accordance with the World Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) when making information available for consumers pursuant to Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council around the introduction of WLTP testing.

The draft regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads in Northern Ireland

Hong Kong, China will introduce a voluntary water efficiency labelling scheme on water closets. Manufacturers, importers or other related parties in the water closet business can apply for registration of their water closets under the scheme. Water closets complying with the performance requirements will be registered under the scheme and will be rated to different water efficiency grades according to their water consumption level. Registered water closets will be allowed to affix water efficiency labels of specified format to them showing their water efficiency grades and water consumption level.

Measure on air conditioners and their related parts (Quality Control )

Measure on Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Bare Foil for Food Packaging (Quality Control )

Measure from the Bureau of Indian Standards on Domestic Water Heater for Use with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Quality Control)

Measure from the Bureau of Indian Standards on Hand-held Blender/ Domestic Electric Food Mixer (Liquidizers and Grinder) and Centrifugal Juicer (Quality Control)

Measure from the Bureau of Indian Standards on Transparent Float Glass (Quality Control)

The notified decree specifies the implementation methods and contents of radiometric monitoring certificates and lists the semi-finished metal products, which are subject to monitoring. Specifically, in addition to updating the identification codes of product categories relating to the list of semi-finished metal products in line with changes at international level, pursuant to Annex I to Legislative Decree No 100/2011, it specifies the contents of the radiometric monitoring certificate issued by qualified experts to the entities required to conduct the radiometric monitoring in question.

It also lays down several provisions regarding the mutual recognition of certificates from radiometric tests conducted on scrap metal or other metal by-products and on semi-finished metal products imported from third countries, carried out at the place of origin of the loads as part of customs procedures.