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EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) guidelines for textiles

Posted on 20th June, 2017
Archived since 20th June, 2018

The Furniture Industry Research Association has published advice for members on how to be compliant with the new EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) guidelines for textiles​, which were launched earlier this month.
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REACH Update Report - June 2017

Posted on 16th June, 2017
Archived since 16th December, 2017

The purpose of this paper is to update members of the Furniture Industry Research Association with regard to the UK’s proposal to add Dechlorane plus to the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
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​Latest Standards updates published

Posted on 14th June, 2017
Archived since 14th December, 2017

The update includes details of a new standard; ‘BS EN 581. Part 1. 2017. Outdoor furniture. Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use. General safety requirements’ which was published in March 2017.
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​Strong pre-election performance by UK furniture manufacturers

Posted on 12th June, 2017
Archived since 12th December, 2017

Government’s latest manufacturing and export figures, summarised in its recently published ‘Turnover in UK production and Great Britain services industries (TOPSI) time series dataset’ show that first quarter furniture manufacturing output reached £2.86 billion.
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​European Standards meeting held in Berlin

Posted on 1st June, 2017
Archived since 1st December, 2017

A meeting of CEN TC 207, the European technical committee responsible for developing standards for furniture, was recently held in Berlin.
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ENDS Report - The environment after BREXIT

Posted on 21st April, 2017
Archived since 21st October, 2017

​FIRA joined over 60 other delegates in attending a workshop event organised by the ENDS Report.
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​UK REACH alignment after BREXIT

Posted on 18th April, 2017
Archived since 18th December, 2018

REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals. It came into force on 1st June 2007 and replaced a number of European Directives and Regulations with a single system.
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