International Product Safety Week 2016
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Consumer policydate: 14/11/2016 - 18/11/2016
Safety of products sold to consumers, both through traditional trade channels as well as on-line, is fundamental for consumers. The Commission works closely with a broad range of stakeholders, including main trading partners, towards product safety online and offline, no matter where the products are manufactured.
During the IPSW 2016 the European Commission called again for participation from product safety professionals from around the world to debate and foster international cooperation on policy development and on enforcement in the area of (non-food) consumer product safety. The IPSW 2016 once more provided an opportunity to participate in a series of conferences and meetings and to network with international regulators, industry, consumer organisations, standard-makers, test laboratories, academics and other product safety experts.
Photos from the event - © EU |
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| EU Commissioner Věra Jourová and US Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot F. Kaye - bilateral meeting on 14 November 2016 | EU Commissioner Věra Jourová - keynote address at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organisation (ICPHSO) Symposium, 14 November 2016 |
| US CPSC Chairman Elliot F. Kaye - keynote address at the ICPHSO Symposium, 14 November 2016 | Christel Schaldemose, Member of the European Parliament - keynote address at the ICPHSO Symposium, 15 November 2016 |
| ICPHSO Symposium - Rod Freeman, ICPHSO board member and Marc Schoem, ICPHSO Executive Director, 15 November 2016 |
ICPHSO Symposium panel "Improving Consumer Product Safety: Current Risks and Lessons Learned", |
| ICPHSO Symposium panel "Update from product safety regulators from around the world", 15 November 2016 |
Thomas Zerdick, Acting Head of the Product Safety and Rapid Alert System Unit, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission - Conference on the safety of products sold online, 16 November 2016 |
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Conference on the safety of products sold online,
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Despina Spanou, Director for Consumers, DG Justice and Consumers at the European Commission - "Product safety enforcement, lessons learned and ways forward" conference,
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More photos available in zip files in the below table.
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Overall schedule of the week |
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| 14-15/11 | (two days) |
Symposium of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organisation (ICPHSO) Open to all stakeholders PHOTOS: ZIP 14/11
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Conference on the Safety of Products Sold Online The conference explored issues relating to the safety of non-food consumer products sold online from the authorities’, businesses’ and consumers’ perspective. It also served to exchange information and best practices. Open to all stakeholders PRESENTATIONS PANEL 2: Safety and conformity of products sold online: Market surveillance by DGCCRF OECD online product safety sweep - results, considerations, observations Product safety and products sold online. What is so special about that? (NVWA) Practices to survey the safety of products sold online (EC) PRESENTATIONS PANEL 3: Industry best practices for the safety of products sold online (KID) Industry best efforts/practices to ensure safety of products sold online (EMOTA) Best practices for the safety of products sold online (Alibaba) PHOTOS: ZIP |
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Product Safety Alerts and Recalls: Boost the use! The event engaged stakeholders in discussing how to achieve an optimal use by both businesses and consumers of the large amount of public information available on product safety alerts and recalls. Open to all stakeholders PRESENTATIONS PLENARY 1: Boosting the use of product safety alerts and recalls (Decathlon) Boosting the impact of product safety alerts & recalls (USCPSC) A1+1=5 Cooperation in product safety benefits all (Tukes) PHOTOS: ZIP |
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| 17/11 | (am) |
Product Safety Enforcement: lessons learned and ways forward (in cooperation with PROSAFE) This session focused on the results of coordinated market surveillance enforcement efforts. Consumer organisations, authorities and businesses had the opportunity to discuss about their expectations and exchange views on the goals ahead. Open to all stakeholders PRESENTATION PANEL 1: Joint actions - Best practice (PROSAFE) PRESENTATION PANEL 2: Improving product safety enforcement - Learning from others in North America (USCPSC) PRESENTATION PANEL 3: Product Safety Enforcement - Lessons learned and ways forward (EC) PHOTOS: ZIP |
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Consumer Safety Network (CSN) meeting |
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| 18/11 | (am) |
RAPEX-China Working Group meeting between the EU and China |