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On 28 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise EU toy safety legislation, by introducing a new regulation and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC. The proposal pursues two main objectives: a) achieving a higher level of child protection, including from the most harmful substances; and b) reducing the number of non-compliant and unsafe toys on the EU market. In relation to the first objective, the proposal extends the definition of health to children's psychological and mental health ...

New technologies come with new risks, and the impact of cyber-attacks through digital products has increased dramatically in recent years. Consumers are increasingly falling victim to security flaws linked to digital products such as baby monitors, robo-vacuum cleaners, Wi-Fi routers and alarm systems. For businesses, the importance of ensuring that digital products in the supply chain are secure has become pivotal, considering three in five vendors have already lost money owing to product security ...

Le 31 mars 2022, la Commission a proposé un règlement visant à établir, dans un acte unique, les règles régissant indications géographiques (IG) pour les vins, spiritueux et produits agricoles, qui relèvent actuellement de trois règlements différents. Au cours de la période de session de mai II, le Parlement prévoit d’examiner le rapport de la commission de l’agriculture et du développement rural (AGRI) et de se prononcer sur le mandat de négociation avec le Conseil.

The current Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC) was designed to allow the free movement of machinery within the internal market, while ensuring a high level of user health and safety. To reduce the occurrence of accidents, it promotes the inherently safe design and construction of machinery, and proper installation and maintenance. On 21 April 2021, the Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation on machinery products, as part of a wider 'artificial intelligence package'. The need for ...

The IA provides a good information package concerning the revision of the CPR, including a summary of the SME test that was carried out, relying on a wealth of evidence, studies and reports. Yet, while the problem definition is well evidenced, the description of the problems and their scale would have benefited from more detailed explanations. In the extensive stakeholder consultations, stakeholders had different views about the policy options; for example, the preferred option received less support ...

Designed to improve the free movement of construction products in the EU internal market, the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) lays down harmonised conditions for the marketing of those products, provides a framework for a common technical language to assess their performance and sets out provisions on the use of CE marking. The Commission is planning to issue a proposal for a revision of the CPR by the end of March. The revision is expected to address the regulation's suboptimal performance ...

In 2016, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation establishing a certification system for aviation security screening equipment. The proposal sought ‘to contribute to the proper functioning of the EU internal market and to increase the global competitiveness of the EU industry by establishing an EU certification system for aviation security equipment’. This system was to be based on EU type-approval and issuance of a certificate of conformity by manufacturers, which would have ...

Fertilising products are used to improve plant growth, mainly in agriculture, enabling higher crop yields. However, they are associated with some challenges as regards security of supply, the environment and health. Although the 2003 Fertilisers Regulation, which aimed at ensuring an internal market in fertilisers, has been effective, it mainly addresses mineral fertilisers and deters the introduction of new types of fertilisers. In March 2016, the Commission put forward a legislative proposal on ...

En mars 2016, la Commission européenne a présenté une proposition sur les fertilisants, qui élargirait le cadre de la législation existante, notamment pour inclure les engrais organiques et à base de déchets, et imposerait des limites de métaux lourds et de substances contaminantes dans les fertilisants. Lors de sa deuxième session plénière de mars, le Parlement européen doit voter sur l’accord atteint après les négociations en trilogue sur ce dossier.

En 2016, à la suite de travaux réalisés les années précédentes, mais également en réponse à l’affaire Volkswagen (VW), la Commission européenne a fait une proposition visant à renforcer la réception par type et la surveillance du marché pour les véhicules à moteur. Les négociations en première lecture avec le Conseil ont débouché sur un compromis, qui fera l'objet d'un vote en plénière lors de la session d’avril.