Sofeast CEO Renaud welcomes our friend Fredrik Grönkvist of Compliancegate.com to the show today to talk about EU product compliance, in particular, harmful substances of note, common regulations or directives you need to comply with, and what we can learn from recent data about non-compliant products found by EU market surveillance authorities. They also provide some great advice about how to ringfence compliance from your suppliers during the procurement stage of your project which is helpful no matter where you're listening!
Show Sections
00:00 - Introducing our guest: Fredrik Grönkvist of Compliancegate and our topic today.
03:16 - Why has the EU banned certain substances from being used in products?
05:40 - Examining the list of non-compliant products caught in the EU since 2022 for chemical composition safety reasons. What can we learn?
10:00 - 4 directives or regulations related to the chemical makeup of products imported into the EU.
16:02 - What are the key non-compliances and problem substances found for common product categories imported into the EU in the past year?
23:09 - Are there any problems with using data about harmful substances found and common non-compliances to predict future issues with your products?
27:36 - What actions do importers need to take to be compliant in general?
29:16 - What's the role of procurement when it comes to product compliance?
36:35 - Wrapping up.
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