Public consultation on the General Product Safety Directive

Posted on: 06th July 2010

Product safety is an important issue for millions of consumers and also for enterprises including SMEs in various sectors.

The current General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC) fosters a general culture that all consumer products must be safe, and integrates the role of European standards for otherwise non-harmonised products.

However, recurrent product safety alerts, either of global or regional relevance, have made it clear that we need a system that delivers more rapidly, efficiently and consistently throughout the EU and which, at the same time, is flexible enough to adapt to the challenges of globalisation and continue to contribute to the EU internal market of safe products.

Enterprise Europe Network North West is therefore running until 27th JUly 2010 a consultation to collect opinions and information on the application of this directive which will be used by the European Commission to take necessary measures.

The consultation focuses on different aspects listed below. To comment on them, please click on the link and complete the questionnaire:

I. Standardisation procedures under the General Product Safety Directive

II. Harmonisation of diverging safety evaluations of consumer products

 III. Market surveillance framework in the product safety area

 IV. Alignment with the Free Movement of Products Package

Further information on Consultation on the General Product Safety Legislative Initiative here.