Joint Action - General Product Safety Directive (GPSD)

The proposed joint actions should improve the effective application of Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety (GPSD) through cooperation between national authorities responsible for the assessment, market surveillance and enforcement of the safety of non-food consumer products and services. The joint actions may cover one or more of the following aspects of administrative cross-border co-operation activities related to surveillance and enforcement of European Union safety requirements for non-food consumer products: Product testing; Market surveillance operations; Exchange of expertise and development and exchange of best practice related to risk assessment, product testing and market surveillance; Meetings and workshops included in the project. In particular, the joint actions may cover the execution of joint or co-ordinated activities, the exchange of information, development of common methods, protocols and check-lists, and database development work.