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Study for the preparation of an Implementation Report of the General Product Safety Directive
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Project summary:
This study was conducted by Civic Consulting for the European Commission. Its main
objective was to map, collect and analyse evidence on the implementation of Directive
2001/95/EC (the General Product Safety Directive, GPSD) in all EU Member States,
the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the UK.
The study covers the implementation of the GPSD at the national level, focusing on
traceability requirements and the definition of safety of consumer products. It also
assesses the functioning of market surveillance of consumer products, the functioning
of Safety Gate/RAPEX, the standardisation work under the GPSD and jurisprudence at
the EU and national level related to the GPSD. The study is based on country analyses
by legal experts (including a review of case law and of relevant academic literature); a
broad scale consultation process, consisting of a survey of market surveillance
authorities (MSAs) and a related interview process covering 137 interviewees from
market surveillance authorities in all 31 countries covered by the study; a general
stakeholder survey which received 138 answers from 19 EU/EEA countries,
complemented by interviews with key stakeholder organisations such as consumer
organisations, standardisation organisations and business associations; and a
comprehensive analysis of relevant studies, academic literature and RAPEX data.
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Client/Financing Institution:
European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
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final report part 1 - Synthesis report
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final report part 2 - Country reports
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