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General Product Safety Directive’s review
On 23th June 2020, European Commission opened the Roadmap on the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) for feedback for 10 weeks. Feedback will be taken into account for further development and fine tuning of this Directive. It is revised to:
- respond to issues related to new technologies and online sales
- ensure better enforcement of the rules and more efficient and even market surveillance
- simplify the standardisation process
- improve the recall of dangerous products in the hands of consumers.
The aim is to protect consumers by ensuring that only safe goods are sold on the EU market.
The Commission will summarise the input received in a synopsis report explaining how the input will be taken on board and, if applicable, why certain suggestions can't be taken up. Feedback received will be published on the roadmap's site.
The roadmap is open for public comment until October 6, 2020
For more information, please visit the European Commission’s website here.
