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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). Search notifications



# Weekly Notification reports rss feed 

## Did you know? 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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## Key Documents **Consultations Reports**  **Eurobarometers** 

## Quick Links **ADR ECC-Net**  **Latest product warnings (RAPEX)**  **National consumer organisations**  **Tenders and grants** 

## Related information **Links** 

## • **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) **2014 2013**  **2012 2011**  **2010 2009**  **2008 2007**  **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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