[RAPEX] Overview of RAPEX notifications in April 2016

In accordance with the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (GPSD) and Regulation 765/2008, in April 2016 the European Commission validated 162 notifications on dangerous products and transmitted them to the Member States and EEA-countries. Most of these concerned products presenting serious risk: 136 notifications (84%). 9 notifications (6%) concerned products presenting less than serious risk and 17 notifications (10%) were circulated for information.

Compared to the total number of notifications on dangerous products submitted during the month of April 2015 (170) the number is 5% lower in April 2016.

1. Notifying country
During the month of April, 23 EU Member States, Norway and Iceland sent notifications on dangerous products through the RAPEX system.

The five most frequently notifying countries accounted for 65% of the notifications:


2. Product category
The notifications validated in April covered 19 categories of products.

The five most frequently notified product categories accounted for 78% of all notifications:


3. Type of risk
The notifications validated in April covered 12 different types of risk.

The five most frequently notified risk categories accounted for 81% of all notifications:

4. Country of origin
From the dangerous products notified in April, about half originated from China. 45 notifications (28%) concerned products originating from EU Member States. 28 notifications (17%) concerned products originating in other countries. 8 notifications (5%) contained no information about the country of origin of the notified product.




5. Measures adopted
In the month of April, 90 notifications (56%) were of compulsory preventive and restrictive measures ordered by national authorities (‘compulsory measures’). In 71 other notifications (44%), economic operators took preventive and restrictive measures on a ‘voluntary’ basis (‘voluntary measures’), i.e. they complied with their legal obligations without the formal intervention of a national authority. In one case both kinds of measures were taken concerning the dangerous product notified.
It is very frequent that there is more than one measure adopted in relation to a notified product. That is, it is regularly the case, that when the authorities ordered a sales ban they have also ordered a withdrawal from the market.
Of the compulsory measures, 28 were initiated by the customs authorities. These were: 1 in Finland, 3 in Hungary and 24 in Spain.

Reminders: Businesses shall test their products for regulation compliance if necessary so as to reduce economic losses resulting from recalls.

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Reference
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 13
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 14
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 15
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 16
Weekly overview report of RAPEX notifications- Report 17

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