• SCENIHR Scientific Committee consultation on health risks from exposure to noise (June 2008) Preliminary report: Potential health risks of exposure to noise from personal music players and mobile phones including a music playing function (June 2008) Commission requests scientific opinion on potential health risks posed by personal music players and mobile phones including this function (June 2007)

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• Toy Safety Report: Evaluating Business safety measures in the toy supply chain

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• Co-operation between Market Surveillance and Customs authorities to increase protection of European citizens from imported unsafe products

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• Consumer Safety: Cord Extension Sets/Luminaires Press Release: Electrical appliances: Market surveillance efforts by Member States' authorities result in improved safety for consumers Report: Cross Border Market Surveillance LVD ADCO - Luminaires 2006

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• RAPEX annual report 2007 Press release: Consumers: Annual RAPEX Report shows rise in number of dangerous products being detected Rapex Memo: Questions and answers on the Rapid Alert System for non-food consumer products (RAPEX) Stocktaking Memo: Questions and Answers: Product safety activities and follow up on the 2007 stocktaking exercise Speech: Meglena Kuneva Presentation of RAPEX Annual Report 2007 Infoclip: Dangerous objects: Rapex Report 2007

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• Have a Safe Christmas" web chat with Commissioner Kuneva , 5 December 2007, 17.00-19.00

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• Outcome of stocktaking review on consumer product safety (November 2007) Toy safety: Commission presents Consumer Product Safety Review and welcomes "considerable progress" from China (November 2007) Questions & Answers: Commission's Stocktaking on Consumer Product Safety controls, with a specific focus on toys (November 2007) Executive summary of the stocktaking report and detailed report (November 2007)

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• Customs and product safety: Commissioner Kuneva tours the port of Hamburg (November 2007) Questions and Answers on Commissioner Kuneva's visit to the Port of Hamburg (November 2007)

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• Toy safety - Mattel recall on lead paint toys (October 2007)

• Commission adopts Decision requiring Member States to ensure that magnetic toys placed on the EU market carry warning labels EU requires "magnetic toys" to carry a warning label Questions and Answers on Magnets in Toys Video - Magnetic toys: toys images, roundtable of the meeting of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) Committee and statements

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• New draft risk assessment Guidelines presented to the public: Workshop on 11 December 2007

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• Speaking points of Commissioner Kuneva following her meeting with Mr. Bryan Stockton, executive vice-president of Mattel International (20 September 2007) Toy Safety: EU Consumer Commissioner warns Member States and companies to "raise their game on enforcement of consumer safety law." (September 2007) New Mattel recall(September 2007) European Commission to carry out two month review of toy safety controls (September 2007)

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• Update on recent toy recalls and actions to improve toy safety (August 2007) Mattel expands recall of Chinese toys (August 2007) Mattel expands recall of Chinese toys - Sarge Cars (August 2007) Mattel expands recall of Chinese toys - Photographs of affected magnetic toys (August 2007) Mattel expands recall of Chinese toys - List of affected magnetic toys (August 2007)

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• Chinese toys containing lead from Fisher Price recalled in Europe (6 August 2007) Chinese toys containing lead from Fisher Price recalled in Europe - Pictures of all products concerned (August 2007) Chinese toys containing lead from Fisher Price recalled in Europe - Product list (August 2007)

• More Chinese toothpaste withdrawals (August 2007)
• Spain withdraws contaminated toothpaste of Chinese origin (10 July 2007)
• Commission requests scientific opinion on potential health risks posed by personal music players and mobile phones including this function (June 2007)
• Pictures of the International Consumer Product Safety Conference in China (21-22 May 2007)
• RAPEX annual report 2006 (April 2007)
• Consumers: Commission publishes 2006 Annual Report on dangerous consumer products (April 2007)
• Questions and Answers on the Annual Report on the Rapid Alert System for non-food consumer products (RAPEX) (April 2007)
• Audio and video material of the press conference on the RAPEX annual report 2006 (19 April 2007)
• Video: 'Making European Consumers Safer: RAPEX'
• Commission to extend hair dye assessment in view of new data on sensitisation (March 2007)
• Commission to extend hair dye assessment in view of new data on sensitisation (March 2007)
• EU requires lighters placed on the market to be child resistant from 11 March 2007 onwards (March 2007)
• Marker Demo ski bindings can cause serious injuries (February 2007)
• 'Zeeman' necklace presents serious risk of poisoning (January 2007)
• Factsheet on product safety (December 2006)
• International Product Safety Week 2006. Brussels 27 November to 1 December
• Seminar on the Assessment of Consumer Exposure to Chemicals in Consumer Products. Brussels 29 September 2006
• Commission urges Member States to take action on mini-motorbikes (10.7. 2006)
• Sunbeds(July 2006)
• Mini motorbikes (July 2006)
• Kitetube - sport/ hobby (July 2006)
• Cleaning and sealing sprays allegedly based on nano-technology (March 2006)

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