In 2017, more than 2,000 non-food products failing safety requirements were notified to the EU’s rapid alert system (RAPEX). This figure might however only show the tip of the iceberg because of insufficient market checks.
Today the European Commission proposed to beef up checks of consumer goods available in the EU such as toys, phones or TVs.1 The main proposal is to increase EU Commission staff to assist Member States in better monitoring the merchandise that ends up on the market.
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Today the European Parliament has rejected the EU Commission’s proposed definition of what constitutes an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC)1. BEUC applauds the Parliament’s decision to reject this unfit definition because too many chemicals would escape the regulatory net.
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Today the definition of what constitutes an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) received a vote of no confidence from members of the European Parliament’s environment committee1. BEUC welcomes that MEPs want to send the Commission back to the drawing board.
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