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[RAPEX] Overview of RAPEX notifications in November 2015

Pubdate : 2015-12-15 Source : EUROPEAN COMMISSION Writer : CIRS

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in November 2015 the European Commission validated 223 notifications1 on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States and EEA-countries, namely:

Compared to the total number of notifications on dangerous products submitted during the month of November 2014 (162) the number is 38% higher in November 2015.

1. Notifying country

During the month of November, 25 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway sent notifications on dangerous products through the RAPEX system. The five most frequently notifying countries accounted for 50% of all notifications:

2. Product

2.1 Product category

The notifications validated in November covered 19 categories of products.

The five most frequently notified product categories accounted for 75% of all notifications:

3. Type of risk
The notifications validated in November covered 13 different types of risk.

The five most frequently notified risk categories accounted for 83% of all notifications:

4. Country of origin

From the dangerous products notified in November, more than the half originated from China (140 notifications, 61%). 28 notifications (13%) concerned products originating from EU Member States. 23 notifications (10%) concerned products originating in other countries. 32 notifications (14%) contained no information about the country of origin of the notified product.

5. Measures adopted

In the month of November, 153 notifications (69%) were of compulsory preventive and restrictive measures ordered by national authorities (‘compulsory measures’). In 69 other notifications (31%), economic operators took preventive and restrictive measures on a ‘voluntary’ basis (‘voluntary measures’), i.e. they complied with their legal obligations without the formal intervention of a national authority. 1 notification reported that both kinds of measures were taken concerning the same dangerous product.

It is very frequent that there is more than one measure adopted in relation to a notified product. That is, it is regularly the case, that when the authorities ordered a sales ban they have also ordered a withdrawal from the market.

Of the compulsory measures, 13 were initiated by the customs authorities.

Number of notifications by type of measure per country (absolute values):

Reminders: Businesses shall test their products for regulation compliance if necessary so as to reduce economic losses resulting from recalls.

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Reference
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 44
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