[RAPEX] Overview of RAPEX notifications in December 2015

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in December 2015 the European Commission validated 246 notifications on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States and EEA-countries.



The five most frequently notifying countries accounted for 75% of all notifications:


2. Type of risk
The notifications validated in December covered 14 different types of risk.


The five most frequently notified risk categories accounted for 81.92% of all notifications:


3. Violation
There were 140 notifications on Chinese products validated in December accounting for 56.91%:
19 notifications due to violation of REACH Regulation;
12 notifications on toys due to dangerous levels of phthalates;
3 notifications on leather articles due to dangerous levels of chromium (VI);
3 notifications on jewellery due to dangerous levels of cadmium;
1 notification on PVC due to dangerous levels of heavy metals;
4 notifications due to violation of RoHS 2.0
 
Reminders: Businesses shall test their products for regulation compliance if necessary so as to reduce economic losses resulting from recalls.