[RAPEX] Overview of RAPEX notifications in October 2015

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in October 2015 the European Commission validated 172 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 October 2014 (224) the number is 23% lower in October 2015.

1. Notifying country

During the month of October, 26 EU Member States and Iceland sent notifications on dangerous products through the RAPEX system.

The five most frequently notifying countries accounted for 46% of all notifications:

2. Product category

The notifications validated in October covered 20 categories of products.

3. Type of risk4

The notifications validated in October covered 13 different types of risk.

4. Country of origin

From the dangerous products notified in October, more than the half originated from China (97 notifications, 56%). 34 notifications (20%) concerned products originating from EU Member States. 25 notifications (15%) concerned products originating in other countries. 16 notifications (9%) contained no information about the country of origin of the notified product.

5. Measures adopted

In the month of October, 111 notifications (65%) were of compulsory preventive and restrictive measures ordered by national authorities (‘compulsory measures’). In 60 other notifications (35%), 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, 11 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
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