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Consumer safety comes first!

16 April 2014
by anec -- last modified 16 April 2014

ANEC welcomes yesterday’s decision of the European Parliament to improve consumer safety and product compliance in the Internal Market by approving the new Consumer Product Safety Regulation (CPSR) and Market Surveillance Regulation (MSR).


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"MEPs agreed on improvements to the original European Commission proposals by advocating strengthened product traceability, the introduction of a Pan-European accident & injury database, inclusion of reference the precautionary principle and measures to increase the protection of vulnerable consumers" said ANEC Secretary-General, Stephen Russell. "All issues we promoted and support".

He added, "Regrettably, Member States have not found agreement on mandatory indication of country of origin, supported by the Parliament, due to differences of views between exporting and importing countries. We now call on the Council of Ministers, the other co-legislator, to approve the new laws and put consumer safety first".

ANEC is the European consumer voice in standardisation, defending consumer interests in the processes of technical standardisation and conformity assessment, as well as related legislation and public policies.

ANEC - the European consumer voice in standardisation

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ANEC acts as the voice of the European consumer in the development of European legislation related to consumer products and services, and in the elaboration of European technical standards intended to support the implementation of that legislation.

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