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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7687

30 March 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 53
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
Commission steps of product safety standards

Brussels, 29/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the Commission proposed amending the directive on the general safety of products (92/58/EEC) to guarantee the Union's consumers the high level of protection required by the Treaty. The main innovations reside in better consumer information, more active monitoring of the markets and a simplification of rules enabling hazardous products to be withdrawn from the market quickly. EUROPE will return to this.

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