• EU to set new safety standards for baby sleep products New child safety standards – for safety of articles commonly used in children's sleeping environment such as cot mattresses, cot bumpers, suspended baby beds, children's duvets and sleeping bags for babies. Press Release: EU to set new safety standards for sleeping products for newborns and young children Memo: Questions and answers




• EU acts to limit health risks from exposure to noise from personal music players Press Release: EU acts to limit health risks from exposure to noise from personal music players Memo: Questions and answers on the mandate for new safety standards for personal music players Speech: Personal music players – preventing hearing damage, speech by Meglena Kuneva, European Consumer Commissioner




• New 'Business Application' to notify dangerous consumer products Questions and answers on the 'GPSD Business Application'




• Be sun-smart this summer Sunscreen products: be smart and protect yourself this summer!




• EU to set new safety standards for child care products EU adds window locks to child safety standards list (Euronews)




• Commissioner Kuneva and Commissioner Vassiliou launch European Child Safety Report Cards 2009 Injuries remain a leading cause of death for children in all EU Member States. The report cards score countries on the degree to which they have adopted, implemented and enforced proven child-injury strategies/good practices. For further info please see: www.childsafetyeurope.org




• RAPEX annual report 2008 Press release: Consumers: Annual RAPEX Report 2008 shows rise in number of dangerous products being detected Rapex Memo: Questions and answers on the Community rapid alert system for non-food dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) Speech Meglena Kuneva: Annual RAPEX Report 2008




• Commissioner Kuneva speaks about dangerous sofas on "BBC Watchdog" EU to ban dimethylfumarate (DMF) in consumer products, such as sofas and shoes , January 2009 Commission Decision on products containing the biocide dimethylfumarate , 17 March 2009




• Personal Music Players Stakeholders' Conference - Brussels , 27 January 2009 Draft Agenda Keynote speech by Commissioner Kuneva on the conference audio (.mp3) - video Press release: European Commission gathers experts to tackle the health risks from personal music players Presentations given at the conference




• General Product Safety Directive implementation positive record 2004-2008 Report on the implementation of the GPSD




• European Commission adopts EU standard for baby walkers to prevent infant accidents Commission Decision of 22 December 2008 Film clip showing the testing procedure carried out to verify whether baby walkers are safe or not (.wmv) / (.mpg)




• Joint Press Statement Press Release: Consumers: European Commission hosts first high level EU-China-US product safety summit (17 November 2008) MEMO: Consumer Product Safety – a Common Objective (17 November 2008) MEMO: Questions and Answers: International Product Safety Week and international cooperation on product safety (17 November 2008) Speech: Meglena Kuneva: "High level EU-China-US Trilateral Summit on Product Safety" (17 November 2008)




• SCENIHR Scientific Committee opinion on potential health risks of exposure to noise from personal music players and mobile phones including a music playing function (October 2008) Press Release: Scientists warn of health risks from exposure to noise from personal music players Personal music players & hearing (Layman's version of the opinion, October 2008) Commission requests scientific opinion on potential health risks posed by personal music players and mobile phones including this function (June 2007)

• Read more about the new Rapex Logo

• Consultation on the draft of Risk Assessment Guidelines for non-food Consumer Products

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• Water safety guidelines for service providers (July 2008) Midday Express: Safer Holidays: Commissioner Kuneva welcomes new water safety guidelines Press Release: New water safety guidelines for service providers aim to enhance children’s safety throughout Europe Report: Protecting children and youth in water recreation: safety guidelines for service providers

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

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