In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in May 2016 the European Commission validated 167 notifications on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States and EEA-countries. Most of these concerned products presenting serious risk: 136 notifications (81%). 13 notifications (8%) concerned products presenting less than serious risk and 18 notifications (11%) were circulated for information.

Compared to the total number of notifications on dangerous products submitted during the month of May 2015 (130) the number is 28% higher in May 2016.


1. Notifying country
During the month of May, 22 EU Member States sent notifications on dangerous products through the RAPEX system.


The five most frequently notifying countries accounted for 59% of the notifications:


2. Product category
The notifications validated in May covered 16 categories of products.

The five most frequently notified product categories accounted for 70% of all notifications:


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

The five most frequently notified risk categories accounted for 90% of all notifications:


4. Country of origin
From the dangerous products notified in May, about half originated from China. 37 notifications (22%) concerned products originating from EU Member States. 29 notifications (18%) concerned products originating in other countries. In 12 notifications (7%) the information available did not allow for identification of the country of origin of the notified product.


5. Measures adopted
In the month of May, 84 notifications (50%) were of compulsory preventive and restrictive measures ordered by national authorities (‘compulsory measures’). In 82 other notifications (49%), 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. In one case both kinds of measures were taken concerning the dangerous product notified.
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, 16 were initiated by the customs authorities. These were: 4 in Finland, 1 in Hungary and 11 in Spain.



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 18
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 19
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 20
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 21