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Safe non-food consumer Products in the EU and China

Key processes and cross-cutting issues

Key processes and cross-cutting issues

Conformity Assessment

Conformity assessment is the process that a manufacturer must follow to in order to have evidence that his product complies with all applicable EU legislation. The process applies to all products, both products that must be CE-marked and products where it is illegal to affix the CE mark.

CE Marking

‘CE marking’ is the process whereby a manufacturer verifies and documents that a product has been designed to be safe and manufactured consistently to this safe specification.

EU consumer protection

The product safety framework is about ensuring that consumers are not exposed to unsafe products and services.

EU market surveillance

Market surveillance is defined as the activities carried out and measures taken by market surveillance authorities to ensure that products comply with the requirements set out in the applicable EU legislation.

Product Safety Checklist

This factsheet has been produced to assist all those in the chain of distribution satisfy themselves that all the key elements of the EU’s product safety system have been put in place.

Recall procedures

A recall is any measure aimed at achieving the return of a dangerous product that is already in the hands of consumers or other end users.

Risk management

The term ‘risk management’ is used in many different contexts, and always encompasses the same process: identification of risk followed by actions to appropriately mitigate identified risks linked to a product.

Selling online

‘Online selling’ refers to products being sold in distance sales, such as through a website of a trader (e-shop), via an online marketplace or app.

Technical file

The technical file for a product is the compilation of documents that the manufacturer must collate to provide evidence that the conformity assessment process has been carried out, and that the product is safe and complies with all relevant EU legislation.

Testing

Testing is one of the activities in the conformity assessment process. It takes place between the design risk management (pre-market risk assessment) and the compilation of the technical file.

Using a third party

Some of the EU legislation requires that a third party is involved in (parts of) the conformity assessment process.