ANEC welcomes yesterday’s vote of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market & Consumer Protection (IMCO) in favour of new legislation on the accessibility of websites of public sector bodies.

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ANEC and the ASI Consumer Council call on the European Commission to develop a systematic approach to chemicals in consumer products.

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Falls from playground equipment were the focus of an international conference hosted yesterday by TÜV AUSTRIA, a third party inspection, testing & certification body, and ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation.

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ANEC welcomes today’s votes of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market & Consumer Protection (IMCO) in favour of new legislation on consumer product safety and market surveillance.

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On 17 October, the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee will vote on new legislation on consumer product safety and market surveillance.

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Today, 14 October 2013, World Standards Day is dedicated to the positive change brought by international standardisation. For consumers, standards are important as, when they are properly developed and applied, they can make our lives easier, the products we buy safer, more interoperable and accessible to people of all ages and abilities. ANEC wants to see the success of international standardisation continue.

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Every year, carbon monoxide (CO) kills more people in Europe than HIV/Aids, alcohol abuse and skin cancer, and yet hundreds of thousands of people are unaware of its deadly potential.
This is the message in a new leaflet that has just been published by Consumer Safety International (CSI) and ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation.

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On 26 September, the Internal Market & Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament unanimously adopted MEP Weiler’s report on the proposed directive on radio equipment. ANEC welcomes the support of MEPs for an amendment intended to see the introduction of a universal charger for all mobile phones.

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ANEC has published its Strategy for the years 2014 to 2020, following the adoption of the Strategy by the ANEC General Assembly in June. The new Strategy features a Vision, a Mission, and ten Strategic Objectives. It was  adopted after a consultation of partners through a public comment phase.

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On 9 July 2013, the new child restraint regulation came into force. Manufacturers are now able to have Child-Restraint Systems (CRS) meeting the new i-Size Regulation type-approved.

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The start of the holiday season, and (usually) warmer months, often sees children admitted to hospital with serious injuries resulting from falls from windows. Some of these falls prove fatal. Following research by ANEC, two European safety standards have been adopted to help prevent accidental falls from windows.

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Electric room heaters are set to be exempted from standard energy labelling requirements under controversial European Commission plans, thereby making it more difficult for consumers to uncover the staggeringly high energy consumption rates of these appliances.

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A significant number of notifications related to toys and to chemical risks has been revealed with today’s release of the 2012 RAPEX Annual Report. Despite the efforts of market surveillance authorities, this increase again shows that children in the EU are not receiving the protection they deserve. ANEC repeats its call to policy makers to strengthen chemical requirements for toys and adopt a coherent horizontal approach to chemicals in products.

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“Green single market for green growth”: neither good for consumers nor for manufacturers.

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Brussels, 14 March 2013 – A broad coalition of European organisations has come together to call on the European Commission to propose setting up a Pan-European Accident and Injury Data System . They are convinced that such a system would contribute to fewer accidents and injuries. Moreover, the cost of creating such a system would be more than offset by reductions in health care costs.

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Environmental footprint methodology: not for us state consumers and manufacturers

ACEA, ANEC and Orgalime wrote to President Barroso today to express their common concerns at the suggested Environmental Footprint Methodology, based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, and its envisaged use in EU policy making, including in the context of the Commission Communication ‘Green single market for green growth’ envisaged later on in March 2013.

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