Product safety directive
The proposal for revision of the directive on "General product safety" submitted by the Commission at the beginning of April will require critical examination, in view of the aim of expanding the early warning system and establishing guidelines for its mode of functioning and the appurtenant procedures. The system is to be expanded on the basis of "voluntary measures initiated by or agreed with the authorities"; participation by non-EU countries or international organisations is also to be possible.
If manufacturers or traders are to be required to notify the competent authorities forthwith of unsafe products in the future, the question arises as to whether "tacit recalls" will then also be subject to such notification requirements.
