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 RAPEX - Latest notifications

RAPEX is established as the EU rapid alert system 

that facilitates the rapid exchange of information 

between Member States and the Commission on 

measures taken to prevent or restrict the marketing 

or use of products posing a serious risk to the health 

and safety of consumers with the exception of food, 

pharmaceutical and medical devices, which are 

covered by other mechanisms.

As of 2010, the system also facilitates the rapid 

exchange of information on products subject to EU 

harmonisation regulation and posing a serious risk 

to the health and safety of professional users as well 

as on those posing a serious risk to other public 

interests protected via the relevant EU legislation 

(e.g. environment and security). Both measures 

ordered by national authorities and measures taken 

'voluntarily' by producers and distributors are 

reported by RAPEX.

Every Friday, the Commission publishes a weekly 

overview of the products posing a serious risk as 

reported by the national authorities (the RAPEX 

notifications). This weekly overview gives 

information on the product, the identified risk and 

the measures that were taken in the notifying 

country. The Commission also publishes the list of 

other countries where the notified product was 

found on their market and measures were taken. 

Since 2013, the Commission also publishes 

notifications on products posing less than serious 

risk as well as notifications on professional 

products and on those posing a risk to other public 

interests protected via the relevant EU legislation 

(e.g. environment and security).

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The Commission have 

been publishing RAPEX 

notifications for other 

risk levels, as well as 

professional products 

and other risks that 

weren't related to health 

and safety since 17th 

May 2013.

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• Report 45

(published: 

14/11/2014)

• Report 44

(published: 

07/11/2014)

• Report 43

(published: 

31/10/2014)

• Report 32

(published: 

15/08/2014)

• Report 31

(published: 

08/08/2014)

• Report 30

(published: 

01/08/2014)

• Report 19

(published: 

16/05/2014)

• Report 18

(published: 

09/05/2014)

• Report 17

(published: 

02/05/2014)

• Report 6

(published: 

14/02/2014)

• Report 5

(published: 

07/02/2014)

• Report 4

(published: 

31/01/2014)

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2006 2005 2004

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The official contact points of the Member and EFTA-EEA States provide the 

information published in these weekly overviews. 

Under the terms of Annex II.10 to the General Product Safety Directive 

(2001/95/EC) responsibility for the information provided lies with the 

notifying party. The Commission does not take any responsibility for the 

accuracy of the information provided.

Important notice concerning re-use of RAPEX notifications

Links to the RAPEX website may be created subject to respect of the 

conditions set out at the following web address:

http://europa.eu/abouteuropa/faq/index_en.htm

News archive

Video : Keeping 

European Consumers 

Safe : RAPEX

• Report 42

(published: 

24/10/2014)

• Report 41

(published: 

17/10/2014)

• Report 40

(published: 

10/10/2014)

• Report 39

(published: 

03/10/2014)

• Report 38

(published: 

26/09/2014)

• Report 37

(published: 

19/09/2014)

• Report 36

(published: 

12/09/2014)

• Report 35

(published: 

05/09/2014)

• Report 34

(published: 

29/08/2014)

• Report 33

(published: 

22/08/2014)

• Report 29

(published: 

25/07/2014)

• Report 28

(published: 

18/07/2014)

• Report 27

(published: 

11/07/2014)

• Report 26

(published: 

04/07/2014)

• Report 25

(published: 

27/06/2014)

• Report 24

(published: 

20/06/2014)

• Report 23

(published: 

13/06/2014)

• Report 22

(published: 

06/06/2014)

• Report 21

(published: 

30/05/2014)

• Report 20

(published: 

23/05/2014)

• Report 16

(published: 

25/04/2014)

• Report 15

(published: 

18/04/2014)

• Report 14

(published: 

11/04/2014)

• Report 13

(published: 

04/04/2014)

• Report 12

(published: 

28/03/2014)

• Report 11

(published: 

21/03/2014)

• Report 10

(published: 

14/03/2014)

• Report 9

(published: 

07/03/2014)

• Report 8

(published: 

28/02/2014)

• Report 7

(published: 

21/02/2014)

• Report 3

(published: 

24/01/2014)

• Report 2

(published: 

17/01/2014)

• Report 1

(published: 

10/01/2014)

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