RINA Products in Compliance Conference

15 - 16 Nov 2023

Explaining the technical and environmental regulation affecting electrical and electro-mechanical equipment

Seatrade 2023

RINA’s 22nd year conference has finished.

Our 2023 conference covered the following key themes:

Chemical substances

Global PFAS restriction and lead authorisation developments including those concerning the EU, UK and US; EU and UK RoHS including exemptions; UK product regulation and producer responsibility policy; the status of the EU REACH regulation review; the new EU F-Gas Regulation

Market access and technical conformity

Key impacts of Brexit on maintaining both EU and UK compliance; artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT); product risk assessment methodologies

Sustainability

UK and EU ecodesign and energy labelling policy (e.g. the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) regulation; resource and material efficiency (e.g. 4555X standards); critical raw materials and policy; repairability and obsolescence

Extended producer responsibility

Updates on EU/UK/global policy developments in WEEE, batteries and packaging

Ethical supply chain

New anti-forced labour product legislation and what this means for industry

We welcomed speakers from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), techUK, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), Compliance & Risks, the Defence Maritime Regulator and more.

You can view 2023’s programme.

Read below some of the conference feedback, and watch some footage from the event, including interviews from some of our speakers. If you are interested in participating in next year's conference contact us to register your interest.

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