Activities of Eija-Riitta KORHOLA related to 2010/2085(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the revision of the General Product Safety Directive and market surveillance PDF (224 KB) DOC (142 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the absence of efficient and proportionate market surveillance appears as one of the main reasons for unfair competition to legitimate and responsible market operators, especially SMEs;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the existing differences in the level of market surveillance between EU Member States may generate distortion of competition and jeopardize consumers' safety;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the current legislative framework for market surveillance has to be enforced in an effective mannerdoes not provide enough coherence and should therefore be reviewed and be further coordinated;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States and the Commission to designate adequate financial and human resources to market surveillance activities; calls on the Commission to put pressure on, assist and encourage the Member States to increase thefinancial and human resources for market surveillance; emphasizes that failing market surveillance systems undermine the citizen's trust in the internal market; suggests that the Commission undertakes a full assessment of the entry points of products in the EU market;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that TAXUD has also underlined the need for a harmonised approach for customs controls in the area of product safety; welcomes therefore the creation of a project group between the Member States and the Commission which will produce guidelines for customs controls in the area of product safety;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls upon the EU Member States to share product safety related inquiries and studies with other Member States. Reference numbers of concerned products should be included to facilitate product identification by other authorities, who could benefit from translating and using the information provided in the studies; calls upon Member States to allow their competent authorities to take market surveillance measures on the basis of test results or studies which have been delivered by other Member States in order to avoid duplication of works;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to establish a public Consumer Product safety Information Database, which the RAMs Article 23 database might serve as a basis for, including a platform for complaints which will raise awareness of dangerous products across the borders in the internal market; calls for the establishment of a accident statistical system wherefrom mandatory annual reports will be published, coordinated and funded by the European Commission, where Member States shall report products that have caused accidents within their territoryinsists that careful attention must be paid in defining the rules of the use of the database and in developing key definitions in order to prevent negative collateral effects; calls on all Member States to join the Injury Database (IDB) so that information of health related incidents can be better coordinated at EU level; calls on the Member States to ensure that consumers are given the opportunity to complain of dangerous products to national authorities and that the complaints are looked into in an effective and professional manner;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the reviewsion of the GPSD and calls for an alignment of the definitions of the GPSD with the Regulation on MNLF at the same time; merging them into one single regulation on Market Surveillance for all products based on the Regulation 765/2008; considers that such revision should be done with a view to reach a high level of product safety and market Ssurveillance in regards to definitions and in regards to the obligations for economic operator; Considers that having one single regulation is the only way to have one single system for all products; calls upon the Commission to include in this revision the provisions of the GPSD which are more developed than in the NLF, such as the requirement to provide information to the consumers or to keep a register for complaints;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for alignment between traceability requirements in GPSD and the NLF so as to guarantee the coherent traceability system; avoiding the creation of new red tape;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include an obligation for manufacturers to do a risk analysis in their design phase; urges that if any risks are identified they should be documented with the product when it is marketedand made available to the public authorities;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned about the temporary character of emergency measures as this leads to legal uncertainties; Stresses the need for a more effective regulatory framework, allowing quick interventions and reliable long-term solutions, without delegating political decisions to the standardisation bodies. The GPSD should allow for the establishment of product specif or to the Commission without a clear set of essential policy rules without limitations, either in terms of content or the period of applicabilityequirements, as is in the case for harmonised legislation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Insists on effective enforcement of the identification procedures that are already in place; encourages the Commission to make assessments and evaluations on the use of new technologies, e.g. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), technology tags and nano-printed intelligent packaging, howeverwhile considersing that the usage of those technologies should be proportionate and not endanger the privacy, security and safety of the consumer;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a
Paragraph 19 a
19a. Stresses however, that one technical solution should not be forced as the official traceability system/method within the EU market; and calls for overall proportionality;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on Commission to improve the awareness of RAPEX and the EU recall systems outside the EU; and to allow product safety professionals, trade and consumer organisations and national authorities to have access to all relevant information; while respecting the confidentiality of commercial data and ensuring that the only sources of information are national authorities;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and national competent authorities to further develop awareness-raising campaigns targeting consumers to inform them about the risk of buying counterfeited products online;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need for the market surveillance authorities to fully participate in the process of standard development, as this is a suitable mean to ensure that the voluntary application of standards will contribute to increase consumers safety and health as well as legal certainty by allowing a correct interpretation and application of the European Standards by Member States authorities;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges for improvement of the currently applicable Commission procedures for establishing themandates for the development of European standards so as to guarantee the timely reaction to new or emerging risks in a more efficient manner; emphasises, however, that new or amended procedures should also include be subject to the Parliament's scrutiny; stresses that Parliament should also be entitled to scrutinise the procedures of take over/application of international, non- European and other standards;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls for the European standardisation organisations and the Commission to investigate all possible systems able to speed up the process of standards development, while ensuring a proper involvement of all relevant stakeholders, such as the introduction of a fast track procedure or the possibility for the Commission of publishing existing European or ISO standards reference, developed outside a Commission mandate, if such standards are deemed to provide a high level of consumer protection or to address a specific risk as an interim measure until a permanent solution becomes available;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for Commission's mandates for standardisation to be limited to providproved in order to allow the European standardisation organisation to develop European Standards fulfilling the technical means throughrequirements for which compliance with a political decision is achieved or evaluated. Political issues which have a direct impact on the protection of welfare of consumers should b; in this respect, considers that a better involvement and cooperation between the European Commission and the European standardisation organisations in the drafting is needed; bearing in mind that these organisations work on the basis of consensus, considers crucial for a good functioning of the system that political issues are dealt with at the politicalcy-making level and not delegated to the standardisation bodieEuropean Commission, the standardisation bodies or any enforcement administrations;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for the introduction of a safeguard procedure which would allow Member States to express a formal objection to a standard (such as Article 14 of the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC). The use of a safeguard procedure should be possible even before a; underlines however that this procedure should be introduced only if the Commission gets evidences of a better involvement of market surveillance authorities in the standard is cited in the OJEUation system; considers indeed that the use of a safeguard procedure should not be a substitute for Member States to make their point towards the standardisation system;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the Commission to take further steps as soon as possiblein coherence with the new legislative framework, so the necessary revisions can be enhanced, which will be crucial to consumer safety;