Manufacturing
Amendments for your sector
Yet to come into effect (6)
GPSR: new rules for product safety
Effective date: 13 december 2024
Do you sell non-food consumer products in the EU and Northern Ireland? You must comply with new product safety rules when the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) takes effect. The GPSR protects...
USB-C mandatory for all portable devices
Effective date: 28 december 2024
Do you manufacture, import, or sell electronic devices? Small and medium-sized electronic devices that can be charged via a wired connection must have a USB Type-C port. USB-C is the mandatory...
Energy tax refund for heavy industry to end
Effective date: 1 januari 2025
Are you a producer of iron, steel, and aluminium (metallurgical industry)? Or do you produce building materials such as glass, tiles, and bricks (mineralogical industry)? The exemption for energy tax...
Security of smart devices must be improved
Effective date: 1 augustus 2025
Do you manufacture or sell smart devices? There will be minimum requirements to ensure the digital security of devices connected to the internet – Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These new rules...
Plain packaging for vapes and cigars
Effective date: not yet known
Do you sell cigars and e-cigarettes (vapes)? Soon these products will have to be sold in neutral packaging. This plain packaging requirement already applies to cigarettes and rolling tobacco since...
Producers of alcohol must list ingredients
Effective date: not yet known
Do you produce alcoholic beverages? You must list the ingredients and nutritional values on the label. You must also mention the number of calories per 100 ml. At present you are only required to list...
Already in effect (3)
Caps must be attached to plastic drink bottles
Effective date: 3 juli 2024
Do you manufacture or import plastic bottles? Caps and lids must be attached to plastic drink bottles and beverage containers that are meant for single use. This way caps on disposable bottles will...
Minimum fee CO2 emissions to increase for industrial companies
Effective date: 1 januari 2024
Does your business use 1 or more large industrial plants? And do these emit CO2 in the production or waste burning process? In 2024, you will pay an emission fee of at least €74.17 per tonne CO2. This...
Introduction of the Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet)
Effective date: 1 januari 2024
The Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet) was introduced to combine all the rules for spatial projects. The new Act brings together 26 existing laws on the built environment, housing,...
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