Safety Gate meaning

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The EU glossary brings together and clarifies terms regularly used in EU law. Blue economy The European Union’s blue economy covers all activities and sectors linked to oceans, seas and coastlines, whether operating directly in the marine environment (eg shipping, seafood, energy production) or on land (eg ports, shipyards, coastal infrastructures). Circular Economy Action Plan In March 2020, under the European Green Deal, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP). The CEAP seeks to: make sustainable products the norm across the EU prioritise sectors likely to be highly affected by circularity, such as construction and buildings, batteries and vehicles, water, packaging, plastics, batteries, electronics empower consumers and public procurers cut waste For further details on the CEAP, see News Analysis: New circular economy action plan published, Sustainable products and supply chains (EU Law)—overview and Practice Note: EU Environment—horizon scanner, which covers key new and upcoming EU legislation and consultations relating to waste regulation,...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is no longer updated or supported. STOP PRESS: The General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) has been revoked by Regulation (EU) 2023/988, referred to as the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). For further details on the GPSR, please consult Practice Note: The EU General Product Safety Regulation. This Practice Note offers additional practical guidance on Directive 2001/95/EC, commonly called the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD). Under the GPSD, producers must place on the market only products that are safe. It also obliges Member States to carry out market surveillance in order to ensure producers and distributors fully meet their duties. This Practice Note sets out a summary of the key objectives, scope and recent developments of the GPSD. It also outlines producer and distributor responsibilities under the Directive and examines the evaluation of product safety, together with the Rapid Alert System, also known as the Safety Gate. This Practice Note concentrates on EU law and does not cover in detail how the GPSD...

This Practice Note This Practice Note considers the practical aspects of product withdrawal, recall and other remedial measures for ordinary consumer goods in the EU from the standpoint of economic operators under Regulation (EU) 2023/988, the EU General Product Safety Regulation (EU GPSR). That instrument repeals Directive 2001/95/EC, the EU General Product Safety Directive, with effect from 13 December 2024. The EU GPSR came into force on 12 June 2023 and has applied since 13 December 2024. It brings in fresh obligations designed to make recalls more effective. Under the EU GPSR, economic operators must alert the competent national authorities when an item they have placed on the market is identified as dangerous, and must also act to address the risk found. According to the level and type of risk, national authorities may oblige businesses to take additional steps, such as tracing the affected product and withdrawing it from sale, informing the public, and, as a measure of last resort, arranging a product recall. This Practice Note concentrates on...