3. Responsibilities of manufacturers and distributors The Directive requires manufacturers and distributors in the product supply chain to be responsible for ensuring the safety of products placed on the market and for their responsibility to cooperate with regulatory agencies. When manufacturers and distributors have a certain risk based on the information and expertise they have and know that the products placed on the market do not meet the safety requirements, they should immediately notify the member states of the regulatory authorities to take appropriate measures to prevent harm to the users. . (1) Manufacturer's responsibility Certain safety of the product is difficult for consumers to find without proper warning, so the directive requires manufacturers to provide consumers with information that allows them to assess the risks that the product may have during normal use so that Take the necessary precautions. It should also be noted that the manufacturer's warning does not relieve the responsibility of complying with other requirements of this Directive. (2) Responsibility of the dealer The Directive requires the Dealer to be responsible for assisting in meeting the safety requirements specified in this Directive, and in particular not to provide products that do not meet safety requirements. Distributors should be involved in the supervision of products placed on the market, in particular, to communicate the hazard information of the products in a timely manner, to maintain and provide traceability documents of origin, and to cooperate with manufacturers and law enforcement agencies to avoid dangers. Volatile organic requirements The furniture will use some organic matter in the manufacturing process, and these organic substances are likely to gradually volatilize during the use of the furniture, causing harm to the human body. In order to control the content of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the Council of the European Union issued the 89/106/EEC Directive on Building Product Safety on December 12, 1988, and on November 11, 1999, it also issued volatile organic compounds. Released the 1999/13/EC Directive. Formaldehyde Various wood boards (particle board, fiberboard, plywood, solid wood board) may contain formaldehyde because they use binders in the production process. Formaldehyde is a pure toxicant that binds to proteins and has a strong stimulating effect on the skin and mucous membranes. It can cause headache, severe respiratory irritation and eye irritation; it can cause allergic dermatitis, necrosis of pigmentation, and induce bronchial inhalation when inhaled high concentrations of formaldehyde. Asthma causes skin irritation; it also has mutagenic effects that induce tumors. The Council of the European Union issued the Building Products Safety Directive 89/106/EEC on December 12, 1988, and amended it on July 22, 1993 (Directive 93/68/EEC). The directive states that building products can only be placed on the market under conditions that meet their intended use. For this reason, they must meet the basic requirements specified in the appendix of the directive in terms of mechanical strength stability, fire safety, hygiene, health and environment, and safety of use after installation in the project. Among them, the Health and Environment requirements require that no harmful gases be released into the air. The 89/106/EEC Directive does not specify the specific requirements for formaldehyde content in wood panels. For specific content regulations, refer to EN 13986 "Performance, Conformity Assessment and Marking of Artificial Panels for Construction". The inspection standard is EN 120 "Wood sheet. Determination of formaldehyde content. Drilling extraction method" and EN 717-2 "Wood sheet. Formaldehyde release. Determination of the amount. Determination of formaldehyde emission by gas analysis. EN 13986 stipulates that the formaldehyde content of E1 sheet (which can be used directly indoors) should be less than 8 mg/100g, the release amount is ≦3.5 mg/m2•h, or ≦5 mg/m2•h (three days of production); E2 The formaldehyde content of the board (which must be modified for use indoors) should be 8~30 mg/100g, the release amount is 3.5~8 mg/m2•h, or 5~12 mg/m2•h (production three Within days). 2. Volatile organic compounds On March 11, 1999, the European Union issued the Directive 1999/13/EC on the release of volatile organic compounds, referred to as the VOC (Volatile organic compounds) directive. The directive covers almost all areas of organic solvents such as printing, automotive coating, pharmaceuticals, surface cleaning and more. It was revised by the European Union in 2004. The revised directive does not include the field of paint directives (2004/42/EC) applicable to the use of paints and varnishes (including certain paints, dyes, etc. that cause an increase in the number of tropospheric ozone). For automotive surface finishing products, the VOC emission setting is much lower than the previous allowable value, and the requirements are more stringent). The VOC directive also covers the furniture industry, mainly because hardwood plywood, adhesives, formaldehyde foam insulation, paints, varnishes, lacquers, edge sealers in furniture contain such as formaldehyde, volatile halogenated compounds, benzene, toluene, and For organic volatiles such as toluene, ethylbenzene and styrene, the specific emission control standards can be found in the table below. content Solvent consumption (tons / year) Exhaust emission limit ( mg C/Nm 3 ) Unorganized emission limit ( % of solvent ) Total emission limit (new source) Wood surface coating 15 to 25 100 (1) 25 >25 50 / 75 (2) 20 Wood impregnation >25 100 (3) 45 11 kg/m 3 Wood and glue >5 30 g/m 2 Coating materials, varnishes, inks, adhesives (4) 100 to 1000 150 5 5% of total solvent >1000 150 3 Total solvent 3% (2) The first value is the limit of the drying process, and the second value is the limit of the painting process; (3) not suitable for impregnation with creosote; (4) Instantaneous discharge The raw material not including the coating material is a solvent which is sold as a preparation in a sealed container. In addition to this table, EU Directive 1999/13/EC states that the emission limit for any halogenated VOC (within the toxicity range of R40) is 20 mg/m3.
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Manufacturers should take appropriate measures in response to product characteristics so that they can notify the product of possible hazards and withdraw the problematic product to avoid danger. Possible measures include identifying the manufacturer's identity and details on the product or product packaging, batches of the product, sampling the products on the market, and investigating complaints from consumers, while the manufacturer should let the dealer know The regulatory measures taken.
Note: (1) The emission value is suitable for the coating and drying process in the case of sealing;
