{"id":25073,"date":"2024-08-23T16:52:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T08:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/?p=25073"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:48:10","slug":"eu-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/markets\/eu-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Aligns Wood Formaldehyde Emission with the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25073\" class=\"elementor elementor-25073\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4c01a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4c01a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c868850\" data-id=\"c868850\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591ecbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"591ecbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wood products manufacturers and traders should pay attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recht.bund.de\/bgbl\/1\/2024\/43\/VO.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany&#8217;s amendment<\/a> to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gesetze-im-internet.de\/chemverbotsv_2017\/BJNR009410017.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance<\/a> (ChemVerbotsV), which repealed its national law on formaldehyde emissions from wood-based panels and other products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-229ab48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"229ab48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ab8024\" data-id=\"6ab8024\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a244f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05a244f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EU Regulation on Formaldehyde Emission from Wood Furniture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eeb7055 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eeb7055\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-feda6ea\" data-id=\"feda6ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c59f11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c59f11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Regulation (EU) 2023\/1464<\/strong> to regulate formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances in articles is a <strong>binding legislative act which applies in its entirety across all EU member states, including Germany.<\/strong> It will be implemented in phases, starting <strong>August 7, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fbb1b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fbb1b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0f44fa\" data-id=\"e0f44fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c743b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c743b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Germany's Latest Regulatory Coverage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c158ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c158ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8961864\" data-id=\"8961864\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6dd82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f6dd82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>furniture containing wood-based panels<\/li><li>other products falling under <em>Entry 1 of Appendix 1 to Section 3<\/em>\u00a0<\/li><li>pentachlorophenol (PCP), its salts and esters<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c5564a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c5564a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fd51ae\" data-id=\"5fd51ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1429b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ae1429b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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