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9 Amendments of Wim van de CAMP related to 2013/0048(COD)

Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) 'product presenting a serious risk' means a product presenting a risk requiring rapid intervention and follow-up, including cases where the effects may not be immediate; any product that does not meet an essential requirement defined in the Union harmonisation legislation, as well as any product that does not meet the general safety requirement as defined in the mandate given by the Commission to the standardisation organisation shall be considered as presenting a serious risk;
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14a) 'product models' means products that are considered to be distinct as presenting identical or similar essential characteristics, with differences, if any, having no impact on their safety level, unless otherwise proven by the manufacturer and or the importer.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The market surveillance authorities shall identify risks arising in connection with products covered by this Regulation and the characteristics of such risks by complying with any possible indications and instructions that may be given by the Commission. They shall record this information in the information and communication system for market surveillance referred to in Article 21. The Commission shall systematically analyse such information and, in case it has information that leads it to suspect a risk, or in case of divergent risk identification among the authorities of Member States, may request additional information from the national market surveillance authorities and, of its own initiative or at the request of a national market surveillance authority, proceed to carry out an identification of the risk itself. The Commission shall transmit its identification of the risk to the national market surveillance authorities.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Manufacturers and importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the product or on its packaging or in a document accompanying the product. The address shall indicate a single point at which the manufacturer or the importer can be contacted.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Market surveillance authorities may destroy or otherwise render inoperable a product presenting a risk where they deem it necessary and proportionate. They may require the relevant economic operator to bear the cost of such actionAll of the expenses incurred by the surveillance authority in the scope of the application of this provision (destruction of products, work performed, etc.) shall be borne by the economic operator unless the surveillance authority considers this decision to be disproportionate, in which case it may decide that the cost shall be borne by the economic operator only partly.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Risk assessment shall be based on available scientific or technical evidence. Risk assessment shall be carried out in accordance with the general risk assessment methodology established by the Commission and, as appropriate, in accordance with the application made by the Commission for a specific category of products.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The Commission may, of its own initiative or at the request of a surveillance authority, have a risk assessment carried out by a European Union reference laboratory , in accordance with Article 28. Such assessment shall be binding on all stakeholders.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. Market surveillance authorities shall request subcontractors to directly charge the cost of their services to the economic operator concerned unless the market surveillance authority considers this measure to be disproportionate, where they take measures in accordance with paragraph 1. Market surveillance authorities may charge fees which wholly or partly cover the costs of their activities, including testing carried out for the risk assessment, where they take measures in accordance with paragraph 1and work performed.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
No later than [five] years after the date of application, the Commission shall assess the application of this Regulation and transmit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report shall assess if this Regulation achieved its objectives, in particular with regard to ensuring more effective and efficient enforcement of product safety rules and Union harmonisation legislation, improving cooperation between market surveillance authorities, strengthening the controls of products entering the Union and better protecting the health and safety of persons in general, health and safety in the workplace, consumer protection, the environment, public security and other public interests, taking into account its impact on business and in particular on small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, that report shall explore new and innovative, market-based solutions that could effectively complement the market surveillance actions carried out by the market surveillance authorities, and shall include, but not be limited to, exploring the potential of compulsory third party auditing schemes, together with compulsory third party collection and sampling of products tested.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO