Dealing with new regulations
Business decisions require taking account of the latest market developments. Changes in law, court rulings, regulatory initiatives and reforms all have a direct impact on your activity.

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About green, eco-labels According to the definition given by GEN - Global Ecolabelling Network, an "ecolabel is a label which identifies overall environmental preference of a product or service within a specific product/service category based on life cycle considerations".

Quebec, Canada: certification programme BNQ 9011-911 The certification programme for compostable plastic bags, BNQ 9011-911 is open to companies since September 07, 2007.

European Patent Convention 2000 (EPC 2000): coming into force on December 13th, 2007 In October 2007 the 13th edition of the "European Patent Convention" was published. It contains the texts, as applicable from the date of entry into force of the Act revising the EPC of 29 November 2000 (i.e. 13 December 2007), of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents and its Implementing Regulations, the Protocol on the interpretation of Article 69 EPC, the Protocol on Centralisation, the Protocol on Recognition,...

ACCREDITATION bodies and associations - EUROPE, EURASIA A list of accreditation bodies and cooperation organisations in European and Eurasian countries. Accreditation is a "third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks" [this definition is given in EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004:]

ACCREDITATION bodies and associations - NORTH AMERICA List of accreditation bodies and cooperation organisations in North America. Accreditation is a "third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks" [this definition is given in EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004:]

ACCREDITATION bodies and associations - SOUTH AMERICA A list of accreditation bodies and cooperation organisations in SOUTH AMERICA. Accreditation is a "third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks" [this definition is given in EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004:]

ACCREDITATION bodies and associations - ASIA, PACIFIC areas A list of accreditation bodies and cooperation organisations based in ASIA and PACIFIC areas. Accreditation is a "third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks" [this definition is given in EN ISO/IEC 17000:2004:]

ACCREDITATION bodies and associations - MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA A list of accreditation bodies and cooperation organisations in the MIDDLE EAST region & AFRICA (MEA).

Australia - GECA 12-2007 – Compostable Biopolymer Products (1.2) Compostable Biopolymer Products (1.2): voluntary environmental labelling standard, issued by Good Environmental Choice Australia Ltd within the framework of the Australian Ecolabel Program.

CEN/TR 15351:2006 - Polymers and plastics materials CEN/TR 15351:2006 - Plastics and Recycled plastics. Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled plastics.