This report presents the findings of 'Task 2: Evaluate current EU F-gas policy' under the Support contract for an Evaluation and Impact Assessment for amending Regulation (EC) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases (hereinafter: 'Regulation'). The study involved a detailed review and...

This evaluation concerns the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 on entrusting the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (former OHIM) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including assembling public- and private-sector...

The Detergents Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 648/2004) establishes common rules designed to achieve the free movement of detergents and surfactants across the EU, while at the same time providing a high degree of protection to the environment and human health. As a regulation, it is directly...

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 aims at strengthening the protection of public interests, through reducing the number of non-compliant products on the EU Internal Market, and at ensuring a level playing field among economic operators, providing a framework for market surveillance and controls of...

Regulation (EC) 764/2008 ('the Mutual Recognition Regulation'), laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision No 3052/95/EC, aims at strengthening the functioning of the internal...

Although the effects of regulatory barriers on the economy through the generation of incentives have been widely discussed, the impact of complying with regulations and the effects on innovation are less well documented. Due to the lack of statistical data on regulatory costs across the EU and...

A wide and heterogeneous set of policies is labelled as 'demand- side innovation policy', since the definition of the concept is still controversial both in the academic literature and among practitioners. The set of possibilities ranges from regulation to various types of innovation-oriented...

As part of its Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT), the European Commission launched a fitness check on chemicals legislation (excluding REACH). This study supports the fitness check in evaluating the CLP Regulation ((EC) No 1272/2008) and its interface with other related...

The addition of an alphanumeric code, called a "Unique Formula Identifier" (UFI), on the label of hazardous mixtures will create an unambiguous link between products sold on a market and information related to these products submitted to Poison Centres according to Article 45 of CLP Regulation...

Importers and downstream users placing on the market hazardous mixtures are obliged, as per Article 45 (1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP Regulation), to submit information to Member States (MS) Appointed Bodies/Poison Centres. However, as the...