Product safety: children need better protection, says Internal Market Committee

Product safety: children need better protection, says Internal Market Committee

(...) Fatal accidents in which children are strangled by loose curtain cords are among the issues addressed by Internal Market Committee MEPs in a report voted on Tuesday. In it, MEPs set out inputs to a forthcoming update of EU product safety rules, which is needed inter alia to enable faster withdrawal of dangerous products from the market. "The committee today has endorsed proposals which would improve the safety for all citizens in the EU and at the same time sends a strong signal to the Commission about our priorities for the legislative update ahead" said rapporteur Christel Schaldemose (S&D, DK). Her own-initiative report by sets out inputs for an update of EU general product safety rules, to be initiated by the Commission later this year. It focuses on measures needed to protect children, market surveillance and other areas where reform is the most needed, such as customs checks on imports from third countries. (...)