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LOCATION:Online\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Joint EC-UNCTAD workshop: Building effective consumer product safet
 y frameworks together
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The European Commission and UNCTAD hold their second workshop o
 n consumer product safetyThe United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protec
 tion recognize consumers’ right of access to non-hazardous products. Fol
 lowing the successful first joint European Commission-UNCTAD workshop on 
 “Kick-starting consumer product safety: a worthwhile endeavour”two iss
 ues came to the forefront for countries wishing to start building effectiv
 e consumer product safety: legislative and policy frameworks\; and cross-b
 order and regional cooperation. UNCTAD research shows that general safety
  requirements and liability regimes embedded in laws\, along with standard
 s\, are the cornerstone for setting up consumer product safety frameworks 
 anywhere in the world. In parallel\, cross-border and regional cooperation
  on product safety can bring many advantages and help use market surveilla
 nce resources more efficiently. In particular\, government officials need 
 to remain abreast of developments in neighbouring countries to ensure know
 n unsafe consumer products are not distributed across borders into their j
 urisdictions\, as contained in the UNCTAD recommendation on product safety
 .This workshop will discuss these two basic building blocks for an effecti
 ve consumer product safety framework:•    Legal frameworks for consum
 er product safety: where to start?•    Cross-border and regional coop
 eration: which benefits can it bring?Registration and next stepsNote: Inte
 rpretation from and to English and French will be providedDocuments: Recom
 mendation on preventing cross-border distribution of known unsafe consumer
  products /publication/recommendation-preventing-cross-border-distributio
 n-known-unsafe-consumer-products\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://un
 ctad.org/meeting/joint-ec-unctad-workshop-building-effective-consumer-prod
 uct-safety-frameworks-together
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