When it comes to material compliance legislation, lawmakers are caught in a constant balancing act: on the one hand, they must achieve societal goals—namely protecting human health and the environment from harmful substances; on the other, they need to preserve the manufacturing capabilities of industry. To do so, they define rules that specify who is affected and how, often including compliance requirements, temporary provisions, or exemptions. However, the actual path to achieving compliance is typically not spelled out in legal texts. Instead, this is left to standards, technical guidelines, and implementation documents—commonly referred to as the state of the [...]