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The Rapid Alert System: What’s in it for you?

The Rapid Alert System: What’s in it for you?. Alicia GONZÁLEZ CHAVES European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Consumer Product Safety and Rapid Alert System. European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – what is it?.

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The Rapid Alert System: What’s in it for you?

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  1. The Rapid Alert System: What’s in it for you? Alicia GONZÁLEZ CHAVES European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Consumer Product Safety and Rapid Alert System

  2. European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products – what is it? System for rapid exchange of information between MS and EFTA/EEA countries (28+3) and the European Commission about measures and actions taken in relation to products posing a serious risk to consumers

  3. RAPEX networks a) RAPEX Contact Points network at European level: • 31 RAPEX National Contact Points, 1 per MS/EEA b) National RAPEX networks in MemberStates • RAPEX Contact Points • Customsauthorities • Market surveillanceauthorities • Etc.

  4. Notification criteria for Member States • Consumer/professional product • Consumer harmonised & non-harmonised / Non-consumer harmonised • Excluding food/feed, pharmaceutical, medical devices 2) Posing a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers and to environment • Serious risk only • National authorities = risk assessors 3) Subject to measureswhich prevent, restrict or impose specific conditions on the marketing and use • Mandatory and voluntary measures • All kinds of preventive or restrictive measures (sales ban, withdrawal, recall, etc.) 4) The serious risk has a cross-border effect • go beyond the territory of one Member State

  5. RAPEX notifications… …contain information necessary to: • Identify the product • Identify the marketing and distribution channels • Trace origin of the product • Determine the related risks • Identify the measures taken to prevent risks

  6. RAPEX Worflow Notification created at MS level Notification validated at MS level (by the RAPEX contact point) Notification checked by the Commission Notification validated by the Commission and distributed to all countries Publication of an extract of the notification on the RAPEX public website Follow up of the notification by other countries: possible submission of a reaction

  7. Follow-up to RAPEX notifications • After receiving the notification all Member States must examine the notification and: • Find out if the product was marketed on their territory • Perform risk assessment (if needed) • Evaluate whether national measures should be adopted • Collect any relevant information • Submit a « reaction » to the Commission via RAPEX if relevant

  8. Interesting for economic operators… 1. Publication (search, weekly reports, etc.) 2. Statisticaltool All info at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/alerts/repository/content/pages/rapex/index_en.htm

  9. 1. Notifications are published online

  10. Example - a notification from Malta

  11. 2. Statistical tool

  12. Economic operators: Tools to comply with their obligations 3. Business gateway 4. RAG tool (RiskAssessment Guidelines) All info at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/alerts/repository/content/pages/rapex/index_en.htm

  13. 3. « Old » Business Application…

  14. …to be replaced by Business Gateway (mid-March 2018)

  15. Submission form • New features: • Panel view • Direct creation and submission of notifications in the application, no need to generate and sendpdfs • No need to confirm the submission • Possibility for EconomicOperators to savedrafts

  16. Draft list for economic operators Generate PDFs Edit/Delete/Submission buttons Status

  17. 4. RAG tool for risk assessment (mid-March 2018)

  18. Visits to RAPEX networks to improve the impact and efficiency of the Rapid Alert System • Reality shows that there are difficulties with regard to timeliness, quality and follow-up of notifications • Differences in practices and approaches that hinder efficiency of the system The European Commission is visiting all Member States/EEA to • Grasp realities on the ground (resources, structure, sampling & testing, communication, etc.) • Identify areas where authorities face problems and where Commission can help

  19. Thank you for your attention !For more information visit our website: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/alerts/repository/content/pages/rapex/index_en.htmOr send us an e-mail : just-rapex@ec.europa.eu

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