Making Europe's consumers safer
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- European Commission
Making Europe's consumers safer
EU's Rapid Alert System (RAPEX) instrumental in ensuring increasing number of unsafe products are removed from the market Within an increasingly consumer-driven society, where the single market allows free movement of goods, RAPEX helps to stop dangerous products, from reaching the buying public in 30 European countries. Through the system, national authorities notify the Commission of products which present a serious risk, such as electric shocks, choking and burns, to consumers. RAPEX immediately launches a process to inform and warn authorities in other countries where the product is sold so that they can take immediate appropriate action. Shots in Hungary of laboratory for testing dangerous products Shots of assorted products on shelves in shops Shots of goods arriving into European ports Interview with Stefano Soro, Head of RAPEX team, European Commission Interview with Meglena Kuneva, Commissioner for Consumer Affairs Interview with Hungarian product tester Shots of RAPEX website and packshots of RAPEX report
European Commission | April 16, 2007
