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    EU lawmakers vote to tighten checks on unsafe products

    npsBy nps8 February 2019Updated:25 June 2024 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    (BRUSSELS) – EU lawmakers gave their approval Thursday to better enforcement of rules on products, tighter checks on the safety of goods sold in the EU, and improving the coordination of market surveillance.

    Unsafe and non-compliant products are still circulating on the EU market. Joint inspections by market surveillance authorities have shown that 32% of toys inspected, 58% of electronic devices, 47% of construction products and 40% of personal protective equipment did not meet the safety or consumer information requirements (e.g. labelling or placing of warnings) laid down in EU laws.

    The market surveillance proposal, included in the “Goods package”, aims to strengthen checks made by national authorities and customs officers to prevent unsafe products from being sold to EU consumers. These measures should also prevent rogue traders from gaining an unfair competitive advantage over companies that respect the rules.

    There are over 500 different authorities responsible for market surveillance in the EU member states. The new rules provide for them to cooperate and coordinate better, based on increased peer evaluations among member states and exchange of information on faulty products and ongoing investigations, stricter rules on mutual assistance and through the creation of an EU Product Compliance Network.

    EU lawmakers strengthened market surveillance across the EU, including of products sold online, and national authorities’ powers to investigate and enforce the rules.

    The growth of e-commerce and emerging technologies pose new challenges and threats. The new rules require EU member states to ensure proper market surveillance of products sold online to protect consumer health and safety. EU countries should make sure that online market surveillance is performed at the same level of effectiveness as for traditional supply channels.

    For certain types of products sold on the single market, companies, including those from non-EU countries, will have to designate a person in the EU who can be contacted directly about compliance issues and must ensure that any case of non-compliance is remedied.

    The provisional agreement now needs to be confirmed by ambassadors and by Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, before being put to a vote by the full House and submitted for approval to the EU Council of Ministers.

    European Parliament procedure file: Compliance with and enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation on products

    Safety Gate: the rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products

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