Activities of Eija-Riitta KORHOLA related to 2013/0049(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC
Amendments (8)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Products which are designed for professionals but have subsequently migrated to the consumer market and sold to ordinary consumers should be subject to this Regulation.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The scope of this Regulation should not be limited to any selling technique of consumer products, and thus also cover distance selling such as online sales.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The safety of products should be assessed taking into account all the relevant aspects, in particular their characteristics and presentation, materials, components and presentation of the product and its packaging as well as the categories of consumers who are likely to use the products taking into account their vulnerability, in particular children, the elderly and the disabled.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Manufacturers shall ensure that their product is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language which can be easily understood by consumers, as determined by the Member State in which the product is made available, except where the product can be used safely and as intended by the manufacturer without such instructions and safety information. The safety information shall enable consumers to assess the risks inherent in a product throughout the normal or reasonably foreseeable period of its use, where such risks are not immediately obvious without adequate warning;
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Before making a product available on the market distributors shall verify that the manufacturer and the importer have complied withproduct bears the requirementsd marking set out in Article 8(6), (7) and (810(3) and is accompanied with the information set out in Article 10(3s 8(8) and 10(4), as applicable.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – title
Article 15 – title
Traceability of products susceptible to bear a serious risk