Stephen Russell, ANEC Secretary-General, commented: “We applaud the Parliament’s call for a European framework to be created in order to strengthen market surveillance activities across the Member States. We also very much welcome its call for the more rapid withdrawal of unsafe products from the market. We ask the Commission to reflect these recommendations in its proposal for a revised General Product Safety Directive. In order to protect the most vulnerable consumers, we also urge the Commission to set a common approach for the market surveillance of child appealing products”. 

More background information can be found in the joint ANEC-BEUC public statement.

Contact person:

Tania VANDENBERGHE, Senior Programme Manager

Tel. +32 (0)473 12 03 72

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ANEC in brief

Raising standards for consumers

ANEC is the European consumer voice in standardisation, defending consumer interests in the processes of technical standardisation and conformity assessment as well as related legislation and public policies. ANEC was established in 1995 as an international non-profit association under Belgian law and represents consumer organisations from 31 European countries. ANEC is funded by the European Union and EFTA, with national consumer organisations contributing in kind. Its Secretariat is based in Brussels.

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