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Emerging product safety issues, and in particular those concerning non-food products, were at the heart of the discussion at an October 2008 OECD Roundtable on Consumer Product Safety. How does one draft international consumer product safety policies, can one, and how would they be enforced? What are the opportunities and the challenges that lie ahead? Government, business and civil society put their heads together on these issues and more in 2008. Their discussion spurred OECD forward in 2009-10.
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Cross-border enforcement challenges
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Identifying priorities across countries
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Goals and benefits of international co-operation and co-ordination
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Increase stakeholder co-operation: strengthen ties among governments, consumer and business organisations
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Promote new legislation and its enforcement to combat product safety failure
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Harmonise product safety standards internationally
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Promote a rapid international information exchange to enhance the effectiveness of cross-border co-operation
OECD countries have committed to increase product safety information-sharing across borders.
To that end, the OECD, in co-operation with its members, will:
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Review current information-sharing mechanisms
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Enhance co-operation and collaboration with bodies that facilitate regional information-sharing
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Develop a set of principles and a web portal on enhanced information sharing
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Welcome involvement of non-OECD economies in this process
For more information about product safety work at the OECD, contact Ewelina Marek at Ewelina.Marek@oecd.org.
Permanent URL: www.oecd.org/sti/consumer-policy/productsafety
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