European Regulation of Consumer Product Safety

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Christopher Hodges (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford and Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna)

European Regulation of Consumer Product Safety

Christopher Hodges (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford and Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna)

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Oxford University Press
01 June 2005

Production & quality control management; Sale of goods law; Torts Law; Medical equipment & techniques

This book examines the European Community legislation that regulates the safety of consumer products. Hodges surveys the extent to which this legislation aims to and succeeds in achieving safety for a wide range of products. There are different legal requirements for medicines, machines, electronics, toys and so on, which employ different regulatory mechanisms, including pre-marketing assessment, provision of information, control of the manufacturing environment, post-marketing obligations on producers and authorities, and obligations on distributors and users. Hodges compares the various mechanisms relating to medicinal products, products covered by 'New Approach' Directives, cosmetics, biocides, tobacco products, and consumer products covered by the General Product Safety Directive, and asks why particular mechanisms are used, or not used for different products. The book then moves on to consider what is meant by product 'safety', demonstrating the relativity of this concept.

Hodges highlights an important problem:

that consumers, the media, and experts can all have differing ideas on the level of safety that is relevant and acceptable. Hodges contends that the systems are in need of review, to ensure they work effectively and give value for money.

In some cases, there is an need for more or less control. He argues for more systematic collection of safety data, and for consistecy in surveillance and enforcement mechanisms across Europe, pointing towards the need for a European Product Safety Agency.

By: Christopher Hodges (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Oxford and Partner CMS Cameron McKenna)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 649g
ISBN: 9780199282555
ISBN 10: 0199282552
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 June 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Hodges is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, and Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna.

Reviews for European Regulation of Consumer Product Safety

Christopher Hodges has been an inside practitioner in the field of consumer products safety. He has blended those unique insights with academic research to produce a thought provoking book. His vision of a more coherent regulatory structure with informed and balanced debates about what safety standards best suit the European market is a model that has much to commend itself. Hopefully this work will encourage regulators to bear these principles in mind. Geraint Howells, Public Law