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ARTICLE · 31 JANUARY 2022

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Productwise Bitesize: The EU's New Legislative Framework For Products

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The New Legislative Framework (also known as the "NLF"), is a package of legislation first adopted in 2008 that consists of: (1) Regulation (EC) 765/2008, which sets out the requirements for...

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Edward Turtle
Edward Turtle
Carol Holley
Carol Holley
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What is it called?

The New Legislative Framework (also known as the "NLF"), is a package of legislation first adopted in 2008 that consists of: (1) Regulation (EC) 765/2008, which sets out the requirements for accreditation and the market surveillance of products; (2) Decision 768/2008, which sets out a framework of requirements for selling products under a number of key regimes (essentially, a template for legislation for many CE marked products); and, finally, (3) Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and the compliance of products, which applied in full from July last year (you can read more about this in our Productwise blog here).

What is it about?

The NLF harmonises and reinforces the application of EU products legislation by establishing:

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