1. RAPEX Natalie CHEVALLIER
Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumers Protection

2. Member States obligation Commission’s role Future of RAPEX
Presentation of the system
Member States obligation
Commission’s role
Future of RAPEX

3. Presentation of the system
RAPEX: Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products
General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC)
Definition
Objectives

4. Member States obligations
Notification procedure
Measures on products
voluntary measures
serious and immediate risk
under certain conditions, risk of national scope

5. Commission’s role check the notifications inform other Member States
can propose additional measures
safeguard mechanism

6. RAPEX SYSTEM

7. Consumer Alert Notification

8. Notification Form

9. Notification Form

10. Reactions from MS

11. Reactions to notification

12. handling of 388 notifications in 2004
Commission’s role
Effective administration of the system:
handling of 388 notifications in 2004
weekly reports on EUROPA Website
Publication of Guidelines

13. Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumers Protection
RAPEX
Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumers Protection

14. Future of RAPEX Revision of the New Approach / Global Approach MoUs

15. END Natalie CHEVALLIER
Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumers Protection