Activities of Ashley FOX related to 2010/2085(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the revision of the General Product Safety Directive and market surveillance PDF (224 KB) DOC (142 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the absence of efficient and proportionate market surveillance appears as one of the main reasons for unfair competition to legitimate and responsible market operators, especially SMEs;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the current legislative framework for market surveillance has to be enforced in an effective mannerdoes not provide enough coherence and should therefore be reviewed and be further coordinated;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States and the Commission to designate adequate financial and human resources to market surveillance activities; calls on the Commission to put pressure on, assist and encourage the Member States to increase thesupport and human resources for efficient market surveillance; emphasizes that failing market surveillance systems undermine the citizen's' trust in the sinternalgle market;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls upon Member States to share best practice and to allow their competent authorities to take market surveillance measures on the basis of test results or studies which have been delivered by other Member States in order to avoid duplication of work, to improve consistency and to ensure better coordination of the Single Market;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to establish a public Consumer Product safety Information Database, which the RAMs Article 23 database might serve as a basis for, including a platform for complaints which will raise awareness of dangerous products across the borders in the internal market; calls for the establishment of a accident statistical system wherefrom mandatory annual reports will be published, coordinated and funded by the European Commission, where Member States shall report products that have caused accidents within their territoryinsists that careful attention must be paid in defining the rules of the use of the database and in developing key definitions in order to prevent negative collateral effects; calls on all Member States to join the Injury Database (IDB) so that information of health related incidents can be better coordinated at EU level; calls on the Member States to ensure that consumers are given the opportunity to complain of dangerous products to national authorities and that the complaints are looked into in an effective and professional manner;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include an obligation for manufacturers to do a risk analysis in their design phase; urges that if any risks are identified they should be documented with the product when it is marketedand made available to the public authorities;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Insists on effective enforcement of the identification procedures that are already in place; encourages the Commission to make assessments and evaluations on the use of new technologies, e.g. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), technology tags and nano-printed intelligent packaging, howeverwhile considersing that the usage of those technologies should be proportionate and not endanger the privacy, security and safety of the consumer;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a
Paragraph 19 a
19a. Stresses however, that one technical solution should not be forced as the official traceability system/method within the EU market; and calls for overall proportionality;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on Commission to improve the awareness of RAPEX and the EU recall systems outside the EU; and to allow product safety professionals, trade and consumer organisations and national authorities to have access to all relevant information; while respecting the confidentiality of commercial data and ensuring that the only sources of information are national authorities;