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22. December 2023 Michael Oettinger

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3. February 2026 Nicole Rauch

Fifth Act Amending the Chemicals Act: Adaptation to the F-Gas Regulation 2024/573 and the Ozone Regulation 2024/593

The draft of the fifth law amending the Chemicals Act serves to align national chemicals legislation with Regulation (EU) 2024/573 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and Regulation (EU) 2024/590 on substances that deplete the ozone layer.

21. March 2023 Prof. Dr. Boris Handorn

“Second amendment” entered into force – New transitional periods for (certain) medical devices under Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR)

In view of the structurally too low capacities of the notified bodies, the transitional periods of the MDR will be readjusted once again and extended to the end of 2028 at the latest.

15. June 2022 Dr. Gerhard Wiebe

Agreement on unified charging cables at EU level

The EU Parliament, Council of Ministers and Commission have agreed on a proposal published by the Commission in September 2021 to amend Directive 2014/53/EU (the so-called EU Wireless Equipment Directive). It is expected that from mid-2024 smartphones and devices with compara-ble power requirements will have to have a USB-C charging interface and support the fast-charging protocol USB Power Delivery.

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Agreement on unified charging cables at EU level

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