G/TBT/N/EU/885  
11 April 2022  
(22-2921) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Consumer 
products (for aspects not covered by EU harmonised product legislation)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety, 
amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 
and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/ 95/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (COM(2021) 346 final); ((5 page(s), in English)), ((83 
page(s), in English))  
6. Description of content:  This proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and 
of the Council on general product saf ety aims at revising Directive 2001/95/EC on general 
product safety. The proposal confirms the key requirement that consumer products placed 
or made available on the EU market must be safe. According to the proposal a consumer 
product can benefit from the presumption of safety if it complies with the relevant 
European standard referenced in the Official Journal of the European Union  or, in the 
absence of such European standards, it conforms to the relevant national requirements.  
The proposal includes a set of clear obligations for economic operators (manufacturers, 
importers, distributors, fulfilment service providers), including the drawing up of technical 
documentation by manufacturers and traceability in the supply chain. The p roposal also 
provides for specific obligations for online marketplaces relevant for product safety 
(including clear deadlines for reactions to government takedown orders and third party 
notices and ensuring that traders provide minimum product and traceabi lity information 
in their listings). Moreover, the proposal enhances market surveillance by largely aligning 
the market surveillance rules for non -harmonised products to the market surveillance 
rules set up for harmonised products in Regulation (EU) 2019/1 020. The proposal also G/TBT/N/EU/885  
 
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  replaces and repeals the Council Directive 87/357/EEC of 25 June 1987 on food -imitating 
products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer p rotection; Protection of 
human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 
December 2001 on general product safety (OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4 - 17) EUR-
Lex - 32001L0095 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)  
• Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 
June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending 
Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 
(OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 1 –44) https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020&from=EN  
• Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of  
25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 
89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 
97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of 
the European Parliament and of the Coun cil and repealing Council Decision 
87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12 –33) https: //eur-lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1025&from=EN  
• Council Directive 87/357/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the approximation of the laws 
of the Member States concerning products which, appearing to be other than they 
are, endanger the healt h or safety of consumers (OJ L 192, 11.7.1987, p. 49 - 
50) http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31987L0357:en:HTML  
9. Proposed date of ad option:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (The provisions shall apply from 6 months after the entry into force of this 
Regulation)  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,EU -TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
  
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content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021PC0346&qid=1628522210573  
 
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