The General Product Safety Directive and Market Surveillance - Workshop Report
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25-10-2010
The debate at the workshop focused on the functioning of the market surveillance system and the adequacy of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD). The need for aligning the GPSD and the New Legislative Framework (NLF) was discussed in detail and challenges such as market surveillance of goods sold online or cooperation between markets surveillance and customs authorities were also covered.
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- consumption
- directive (EU)
- electronic commerce
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- harmonisation of standards
- market approval
- market supervision
- marketing
- political framework
- POLITICS
- product safety
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- quality standard
- research and intellectual property
- supervisory body
- technology and technical regulations
- traceability
- TRADE
- trade policy