The Council of the EU adopted its position on the June 2021 proposal for a Regulation on General Product Safety (GPSR), which updates EU legislation to ensure a high level of consumer protection at a time when online markets and the development of new technologies pose new challenges that require the replacement of the outdated Directive 2001/95/EC.
The Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) agreed on Wednesday 20 July on this position, which constitutes a mandate to negotiate...