The European Commission published a consumer product safety assessment report on November 22nd of this year, noting significant progress made in mainland China in addressing toy safety issues. The report outlines a series of recommended measures to address deficiencies in the current consumer product safety mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European Commission's assessment focuses on the roles of all participants in the supply chain, member state authorities, and international cooperation in ensuring that unsafe products are not sold on the EU market. The Commission also reviews EU product safety law, covering multiple policy areas (industry, trade, taxation, environment, and foreign relations) to identify any loopholes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The assessment report proposes several measures in the following four main areas, primarily focusing on the implementation and enforcement of existing product safety control measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
law enforcement<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The assessment report found that the EU's current legislative framework provides adequate protection for consumers, but the relevant laws need to be effectively enforced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry operators<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The assessment report emphasizes that, according to Directive 2001\/95\/EC on general product safety, manufacturers and importers are responsible for ensuring the safety and harmlessness of products sold on the market. Therefore, businesses must establish inspection procedures to ensure that product design and manufacturing processes meet safety standards, and to assess finished products. The report stipulates that importers and retailers must obtain guarantees from suppliers proving the safety of products to be sold on the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The report proposes several new measures for business operators, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member State Regulatory Authorities<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission has indicated its intention to collaborate with Member State regulatory authorities to establish a risk-based, synchronized market surveillance regime. Statistics on unsafe products should be taken into account when allocating resources for regulatory efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The assessment report proposes several new measures related to regulatory authorities, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n International cooperation<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission stated that the findings of the EU's third report on China's Rapid Alert System are encouraging, demonstrating China's commitment to preventing the export of dangerous products to the EU market. The report noted that between January and September 2007, China investigated 184 cases, 100 more than the previous two reports. It is expected that the Chinese government will establish an alert system modeled after the EU's Rapid Alert System by the end of this year to strengthen coordination on product safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission announced it will provide more technical support and training to China's new early warning system, with a focus on product tracking capabilities. The EU will also collaborate with China on a trade project to study the country's product safety regulatory mechanisms and identify other areas for cooperation. The assessment report also recommends that the EU strengthen international cooperation with the United States to enhance future coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, the European Commission has proposed two legislative amendments: one is to submit an amendment to the Toy Safety Directive (No. 88\/378\/EEC) in the first quarter of next year, and the other is to adopt a new strategy to strengthen market and customs supervision. The Commission views the amendment to the Toy Safety Directive as a pilot project to provide a basis for future safety legislation for specific industries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u6b50\u6d32\u59d4\u54e1\u6703\u65bc\u4eca\u5e7411\u670822\u65e5\u767c\u8868\u6d88\u8cbb\u54c1\u5b89\u5168\u8a55\u4f30\u5831\u544a\uff0c\u6307\u51fa\u4e2d\u570b\u5167\u5730\u5728\u8655\u7406\u73a9\u5177\u5b89\u5168\u554f\u984c\u65b9\u9762\u53d6\u5f97\u986f\u8457\u9032\u5c55\u3002  […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-environmental-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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