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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10610
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) consumers

Fewer dangerous products in EU thanks to RAPEX

Brussels, 08/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - A total of 1,803 dangerous consumer products were banned, withdrawn from the EU market or recalled after being detected on the European market and reported by member states 2011 (compared with 2,244 in 2010 and 2,800 in 2009). The annual report on RAPEX, the EU's rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products (with the exception of pharmaceutical products and medical devices) published by the European Commission on Tuesday 8 May reveals a 20% drop...

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