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  • Press release 44/2024 from 08.11.2024 | Last changed: 12.11.2024

    Consumer protection: UBA takes action against Chinese low-cost online marketplace Temu

    Kartons und geöffnete Pakete

    … Such aggressive and misleading commercial practices are prohibited in the European Union. For this reason, the CPC network of European consumer protection authorities, co-led by the German Environment Agency … letter, the consumer protection authorities call on Temu to cease its violations of European law as soon as possible. If the company does not cooperate, further …

  • News from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    German Environmental Survey celebrates 40th anniversary

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    … with kidney disease. Today, the use of dental amalgam is largely banned across the European Union. At the end of the 1990s, GerES III  showed that the exposure to … (PFAS) – in this age group. Findings such as these have been fed into national and European legislation on chemicals, environmental protection and public health, and … experience in this field, the UBA took on the leadership of HBM4EU  – the largest European human biomonitoring initiative to that date. Thirty countries and various …

  • Press release 53/11 from 07.11.2011 | Last changed: 02.07.2013

    Reiche and Flasbarth announce: Buildings have great potential to use energy efficiently

    … out that the new building now already meets the stricter requirements of the European Building Directive effective as of 2019. UBA’s President encouraged other public building owners to lead by good example: “Ecology and economy are no longer in conflict as concerns larger office buildings. With proper …

  • Press release 59/2020 from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 08.12.2020

    Ninth year of Federal Ecodesign Award for forward-looking projects

    Die Jury läuft auf die Kameralinse zu.

    … making an important contribution to the change towards a sustainable society and economy." The video recording announcing the winners of the 2020 Federal Ecodesign … industrial lighting is developed, produced and rented in an integrated closed-loop economy concept. Consumers can cut energy consumption, CO2 emissions and costs. …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … by tree death, the volume of damaged timber and other adverse effects on the economy. Data from the intensive Environment Monitoring in Forestry (LEVEL II) have … by tree death, the volume of damaged timber and other adverse effects on the economy. Data from the intensive Environment Monitoring in Forestry (LEVEL II) have …

  • Press release 12/10 from 04.03.2010 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    Export of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): plenty of gold, and poison, too

    … is sometimes hazardous electronic waste are exported annually from Germany to non-European destinations, a volume which includes some 50,000 tonnes of PC and … are necessary. The Federal government is calling for a decisive regulation at the European level by which exporters must provide proof that exported devices are in …  “As long as ecological recycling is technically and satisfactorily possible in Europe or similar regions only, equipment and its components should be reused here. …

  • Press release 31/2025 from 27.08.2025 | Last changed: 08.09.2025

    UBA prohibits misleading online coaching offers

    A woman works on her computer in an office

    … the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV). The BEV was supported by the European Consumer Centre Austria. In January 2025, the BEV requested that the UBA … interests of consumers. The authority's powers are derived directly from the European CPC Regulation 2017/2394 . However, the UBA does not enforce individual … is to uncover and remedy abuses and violations by companies operating throughout Europe.   Associated content Links Consumer Protection and Enforcement at the German …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

    Cluster Agriculture

    The picture shows a dry-looking arable field with a tractor being driven across it. Owing to drought, the vehicle is stirring up clouds of dust. In the background, it is possible to make out a ridge of hills.

    … well as the nutrition industry closely bound up with agricultural production and bioeconomy – is of major importance to the national economy. At a global scale, climate change has become a relevant risk factor for food security. In many countries located in both the European and the global south, farmers are wrestling with severe drought and other …

  • Appointment from 05.07.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    State responsibilities for sustainability under multiple crises

    teamwork with people of different countries

    … face new challenges due to the Russian war against Ukraine. Especially in European communities, many initiated changes are currently re-evaluated under the … shifting even more to security issues und the support (once again) of national economies. Keynote and discussion with Prof. Jorge Heine (Research Professor, Pardee …