General Product Safety Directive
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on general product safety
- Stage
- No longer in force
- Transposition deadline
- 15 Jan 2004
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Last activity
- 15 Jan 2002
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 6 published.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2962 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1761 | Implementing · Decision | Published | Q3 2024 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1338 | Implementing | Published | Q4 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1401 | Implementing · Decision | Published | Q3 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1320 | Implementing · Decision | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
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- Text adopted · 32004D0905Commission
- Report · A5-0133/2001Parliament
- Report · A5-0309/2000Parliament
- Report · A5-0313/2001Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2021)0342Commission
- Text adopted · Directive 2001/0095Commission
- OJ C 093 23.03.2001, p. 0024Commission
- OJ C 223 08.08.2001, p. 0005Commission
- OJ C 299 10.12.2003, p. 0001-0002Commission
- OJ C 367 20.12.2000, p. 0034Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 011 15.01.2002, p. 0004-0017Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 381 28.12.2004, p. 0063-0077Commission
- Text adopted · T5-0259/2001Parliament
- Text adopted · T5-0503/2001Parliament
- Text adopted · T5-0504/2000Parliament
Summary
GeneratedDirective 2001/95/EC requires producers to place only safe products on the market and sets a general safety requirement for all consumer products not covered by specific EU rules. It obliges producers and distributors to inform authorities of risky products and empowers Member States to withdraw, recall, or ban dangerous items.
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