European Regulation Of Consumer Product Safety - Couverture rigide

Hodges, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199282552 ISBN 13 : 9780199282555

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This book examines the European Community legislation that regulates the safety of consumer products. Hodges surveys the extent to which this legislation aims to and succeeds in achieving safety for a wide range of products. There are different legal requirements for medicines, machines, electronics, toys and so on, which employ different regulatory mechanisms, including pre-marketing assessment, provision of information, control of the manufacturing environment, post-marketing obligations on producers and authorities, and obligations on distributors and users. Hodges compares the various mechanisms relating to medicinal products, products covered by 'New Approach' Directives, cosmetics, biocides, tobacco products, and consumer products covered by the General Product Safety Directive, and asks why particular mechanisms are used, or not used for different products.

The book then moves on to consider what is meant by product 'safety', demonstrating the relativity of this concept. Hodges highlights an important problem: that consumers, the media, and experts can all have differing ideas on the level of safety that is relevant and acceptable. Hodges contends that the systems are in need of review, to ensure they work effectively and give value for money. In some cases, there is an need for more or less control. He argues for more systematic collection of safety data, and for consistecy in surveillance and enforcement mechanisms across Europe, pointing towards the need for a European Product Safety Agency.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christopher Hodges is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, and Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199282552
• ISBN 13: 9780199282555
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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