Press Release: Consumers: New ‘Business Application’ to notify dangerous consumer products

In an address to the European Business Leaders Convention in Helsinki on 23 July, 2009, Meglena Kuneva, European Commissioner for Consumers, presented to business leaders the new 'GPSD Business Application': an on-line system for producers and distributors to notify authorities in Member States about dangerous consumer products on the EU market. Producers and distributors have an obligation to alert all Member States where dangerous goods were found on the market under the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD, 2001/95/EC), up to now, such notifications had to be sent to each Member State separately. The new online system will make it possible for businesses to alert all Member States concerned at the same time in one step, simplifying and speeding up the process. This in turn is in the critical interest of any consumers who might be at risk from such products.

European Commission: MEMO/09/315: Questions and answers on the GPSD Business Application http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/315&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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