EDW publishes position paper on the future EU-wide harmonised conformity assessment procedure for products in contact with drinking water.
In the new EU Drinking Water Directive, uniform requirements are set for the first time for materials in contact with drinking water.
On 18 December 2019, the EU Council and EU Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the legal text for the revision of the Drinking Water ...
EU Council and the EU Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the recast Drinking Water Directive.
European Council has published the four column document for the Drinking Water Directive trilogues which began on Monday, 7 October 2019.
EDW supports today’s adoption of the Drinking Water Directive by the European Parliament Plenary.
EDW supports the Council General Approach setting harmonised hygienic requirements for materials and products in contact with drinking water.
The EU Drinking Water Directive (Directive 98/83/EC) is currently being revised. What is the current state of affairs?
The EU Parliament adopted the report on the recast of the Drinking Water Directive in its plenary meeting on October 23, 2018.
The European Parliament Environment Committee is expected to vote on its amendments to the Commission's DWD proposal on September 10, 2018.
Austria submitted a draft amendment of the national building material list to the European Commission for notification.
The core partners of the Nordic MaiD project (2014-2017) have initiated efforts to continue the activities of the network.
EDW fully supports the 4MS initiative to define stringent but pragmatic evaluation criteria for assembled products.
In EDW's view, as of today, the Construction Products Regulation has had no impact on the market for products in contact with drinking water.
On 28 June 2018, EDW sent comments to the European Commission highlighting that the draft standardisation mandate under the CPR.
On June 25, EU Environment Ministers held a policy debate on how to harmonise materials and products in contact with drinking water.
On June 11, MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz and the German Federal Environment Energy organised an event to discuss the Commission proposal.
EDW supports a significant strengthening of the Commission proposed measures as a way to ensure full harmonisation and high safety standards for ...
The German Environmental Agency released a position paper on the Revision of the Drinking Water Directive and is calling for harmonised binding ...
After the 3rd Symposium on Materials and Products in Contact with Drinking Water in May 2017, EDW has continued its efforts to support all involved ...
In September 2017, the European Court of Auditors - a European institution responsible for auditing EU’s finances – released a special report on the ...
On 12th September 2017, EDW has participated in the first meeting of the newly established 4MS task group “Minor and Assembled Product Testing”.
European Drinking Water calls the Commission to revise the Drinking Water Directive to ensure that the safety of contact materials and products is ...
An approach that ensures the hygienic safety and technical adequacy for products and materials in contact with drinking water was discussed during the ...
The European study on materials in contact with drinking water recognises the issues of little harmonisation or mutual recognition in EU Member ...
The European Commission will release its legislative proposal on the Revision of the Drinking Water Directive (DWD) by the end of 2017.
On May 18th, the 3rd Symposium on Materials and Products in Contact with Drinking Water will give an update on developments, initiatives and ...