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Portugal issues stricter regulations for the labeling of leather substitutes

2022-02-16T12:18:00Z

The Portuguese government adopted new regulations (Decreto-Lei n.o 3/2022) at the end of January 2022 to label all textile products that are man-made to replace genuine leather and also established fines for companies that do not comply. The new law defines the term leather and specifies its use. Accordingly, the ...

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FESI announces a “StrongHER” sports campaign for girls

2021-09-24T17:01:00Z

At opening ceremony in Bled, Slovenia of the annual European Week of Sport, which is being held all over Europe on Sept. 23-30, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) pledged its support for HealthyLifestyle4all (HL4A), a new initiative of the European Commission. Specifically, it will be launching ...

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EU asks for comments on agreements along the supply chain

2021-07-13T15:58:00Z

The European Commission has launched a final public consultation on the anti-trust implications of so-called “vertical agreements” between companies operating at different levels of the supply chain in order to update and improve its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the related Vertical Guidelines. The EU is asking stakeholders to ...