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Brief update from latest APPFIG meeting
Agenda items included foam shortages, steel shortages and Felixstowe and Dover port delays
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Contract flammability regulations are the fifth and final training session for members
Gives high level overview of the regs and address some of the main queries
Intention to revise the Machinery Directive – implications for furniture
The key proposal concerns the possible introduction of emergency stops
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News updates across various standards
Electrical furniture, office furniture, non-domestic seating, educational furniture, bunk beds
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New CENELEC standard: feedback on setting noise level limits
CENELEC is revising their standard (BS EN 60335-2) to include electrically operated furniture
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New standard proposal
How to address shear and compression risks in electrically operated furniture
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EUTR Update
Businesses will need to show imports from the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) have been legally harvested
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