Subjects:

Consumer Law

Contents:

Part 1 Consumer product safety regulation: introduction

data collection

pre-market controls

post-market controls

export controls. Part 2 Product safety - the European dimension: why is product safety a matter of concern to Europe?

technical barriers to trade

technical standards directive

positive harmonization

relationship between essential safety requirements and standards

standardization

conformity assessment

EHLASS

general product safety directive

fortress Europe

conclusions. Part 3 International product safety: introduction

WTO

GATT

ISO

OECD

UN

conclusions. Part 4 United States: introduction

consumer product safety commission

voluntary standardization

conclusions. Part 5 United Kingdom: introduction

accident data collection

legal regulation

standardization

consumer movement

conclusions. Part 6 France: introduction

history

institutions

law of 1 August 1905

law of 21 July 1983

general criminal law

reform

standards

conclusions. Part 7 Germany: introduction

data collection

institutions

geratesicherheitsgesetz (GSG)

implementation of the EC General Product Safety Directive

standardization

conclusions. Part 8 Conclusions: internationalization of consumer product safety

role of the regions

deregulation - standards and beyond

consumer input

regulators

exports

final hopes.

The aim of this book is to analyze in a comparative framework, laws relating to product safety. These include standard setting, general safety obligations, export control and information exchange systems. The countries studied include the UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, as well as EC law in the light of EC product safety directives.