Factsheet: Law product norms

Law product norms

Key Information

Country/Region:

European Union›BELGIUM (BELGIQUE-BELGIË)

Description:

All products placed on the market in accordance with this law and its implementing regulations, as well as the regulations of the EU in Annex 1, must be designed so that their manufacturing, use and disposal do not affect adversely the human health and do not or minimally contribute to an increase in the quantity and degree of harmfull waste and other forms of contamination.

Goal/Aim:

Sustainable materials and waste management.

Type (and subtype) :

Regulatory (binding) instruments›Requirements

Sector/Topic targeted:

Status:

In force

Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives

Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:

Not Relevant

Building a strong research, development and innovation base:

Not Relevant

Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:

Not Relevant

Building competitive biobased industries:

Medium

Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:

High

Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:

Not Relevant

Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:

Not Relevant

Availability of financial resources:

Not Relevant

Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:

Not Relevant

Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:

High

Contact References

Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):

Law Product Norms

Full name of Instrument & Measure (native language):

Wet van 21 december 1998 betreffende de productnormen ter bevordering van duurzame productie- en consumptiepatronen en ter bescherming van het leefmilieu,de volksgezondheid en de werknemers

Links:

http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=nl&la=N&cn=199812...

Responsible Authority:

FOD Leefmilieu

Contact of Responsible Authority:

http://www.health.belgium.be/eportal

Completed by:

VITO

Advanced Information

Feedstock type targeted:

Product type targeted:

Value Chain:

Year Instrument & Measure Started:

1999

Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:

2011

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