Activities of Jürgen CREUTZMANN 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 (17)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes toUrges the Commission to establish a common European framework forin its multiannual action plan to further develop European market surveillance to strengthen the role of the European Union in coordinating the activities of national market surveillance authorities;
Amendment 18 #
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 the resources for market surveillance; calls on Member States and the Commission to enable financial support from the European Structural Funds to be given to those Member States whose geographical or economic situation makes it difficult for them to take measures against illegal products from third countries; points out in this connection that it is very important to secure the external borders of the single market, in particular the major sea ports; emphasizes that failing market surveillance systems undermine the citizen’s trust in the internal market;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Member States to introduce in a coordinated manner penalties, including large fines, for economic operators who deliberately introduce dangerous or non-compliant products in the single market; proposes that product bans should be made public as often as possible in order to increase the visibility of border controls and market surveillance and to deter criminal market operators;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasizes the necessity to share best practices among the Member States; calls for joint cooperation, pooling the know- how and sharing the best practices among market surveillance authorities; reminds of the importance of cooperation between customs and market surveillance authorities at the external borders to carry out appropriate checks of products entering the Communityproposes to this end the introduction of a transparent procedure of 'reciprocal evaluation' of national market surveillance systems in which country reports will be subjected to a peer review procedure at European level and interest groups consulted; recalls the importance of cooperation between customs and market surveillance authorities;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the important contribution made by PROSAFE as regards the coordination of joint market surveillance actions and the exchange of tried and tested practices; points out, however, that coordination through PROSAFE is restricted by limited resources and its informal structure; proposes therefore the establishment of a specialised, independent EU agency which, acting in close cooperation with PROSAFE, could carry out additional tasks alongside the operational coordination between market surveillance and customs authorities of the Member States, for instance monitoring the implementation of joint operational standards and supporting Member States in training market surveillance and customs officials;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to establish a public Consumer Product safety Information Database, 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 wimprove and give greater publicity to the ICSMS data bank which provides consumers and authorities with information about dangerous products in the internal market and allows consumers electronically to notify the competent authorities of dangerous products; calls on those Member States which do not yet use the ICSMS to take part in this important project; calls on Member States, with the coordination of the Commission, to increase the scope, the refrom 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 territoryliability and the relevance of the 'EU injury data base' under which a representative group of hospitals from Member States voluntarily report accidents occurring in connection with certain products;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to intensify international cooperation in the international Consumer Product Safety Caucus so as to exchange tried and tested practices and jointly to prevent the production in third countries of dangerous substances intended for export to the European single market;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the review of the GPSD and calls for an alignment of the definitions of the GPSD with the Regulation on Market Surveillance in regards to definitions and in regards to the obligations for economic operators;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of uniform definitions and assessments in Member States of products posing serious risk in order to unify the safety level throughout the Union and the traceability system;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that a commonCalls on the Commission to examine to what extent a definition of “'child- appealing product” sh' could be included in the current revision of the GPSD and in sector specific legislation on harmonised productsin order to assist producers in their own risk assessments; stresses that such a definition should not be allowed to serve as a basis for withdrawing products from the market; welcomes the work of an ad- hoc working group on child appealing appliances; Ccalls for more transparency throughout that process and wishes to be more informed on the progress achieved so far;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include an obligation for manufacturers to do a risk analysis appropriate to the product in their design phase; urges that if any risks are identified they should be documented with the product when it is marketedand reported to the authorities on request;
Amendment 49 #
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 or the Commission. The GPSD should allow for the establishment of product specific rules without limitations, either in terms of content or the period of applicability;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on Commission to allow product safety professionals, business groups, consumer organisations and national authorities to have access to all relevant non-confidential information;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to explain the classification of products as a 'serious risk' for RAPEX notifications;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need for the market surveillance authorities to fusystematically participate in the process of security- relevant standard development, as this is a suitable means to ensure that the ir knowledge informs the standardisation process and to generate greater understanding for standards, thereby ensuring that the voluntary application of standards will increase consumer safety;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28