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On 28 July 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise EU toy safety legislation, by introducing a new regulation and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC. The proposal pursues two main objectives: a) achieving a higher level of child protection, including from the most harmful substances; and b) reducing the number of non-compliant and unsafe toys on the EU market. In relation to the first objective, the proposal extends the definition of health to children's psychological and mental health ...

New technologies come with new risks, and the impact of cyber-attacks through digital products has increased dramatically in recent years. Consumers are increasingly falling victim to security flaws linked to digital products such as baby monitors, robo-vacuum cleaners, Wi-Fi routers and alarm systems. For businesses, the importance of ensuring that digital products in the supply chain are secure has become pivotal, considering three in five vendors have already lost money owing to product security ...

Il 31 marzo 2022 la Commissione ha presentato una proposta di regolamento che stabilisce, in un unico testo giuridico, norme per le indicazioni geografiche (IG) di vini, bevande spiritose e prodotti agricoli, che sono attualmente ripartite in tre regolamenti diversi. Durante la tornata di maggio II, il Parlamento dovrebbe tenere una discussione sulla relazione della commissione per l'agricoltura e lo sviluppo rurale (AGRI) e votare sul mandato per i negoziati con il Consiglio.

The current Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC) was designed to allow the free movement of machinery within the internal market, while ensuring a high level of user health and safety. To reduce the occurrence of accidents, it promotes the inherently safe design and construction of machinery, and proper installation and maintenance. On 21 April 2021, the Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation on machinery products, as part of a wider 'artificial intelligence package'. The need for ...

The IA provides a good information package concerning the revision of the CPR, including a summary of the SME test that was carried out, relying on a wealth of evidence, studies and reports. Yet, while the problem definition is well evidenced, the description of the problems and their scale would have benefited from more detailed explanations. In the extensive stakeholder consultations, stakeholders had different views about the policy options; for example, the preferred option received less support ...

Designed to improve the free movement of construction products in the EU internal market, the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) lays down harmonised conditions for the marketing of those products, provides a framework for a common technical language to assess their performance and sets out provisions on the use of CE marking. The Commission is planning to issue a proposal for a revision of the CPR by the end of March. The revision is expected to address the regulation's suboptimal performance ...

In 2016, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation establishing a certification system for aviation security screening equipment. The proposal sought ‘to contribute to the proper functioning of the EU internal market and to increase the global competitiveness of the EU industry by establishing an EU certification system for aviation security equipment’. This system was to be based on EU type-approval and issuance of a certificate of conformity by manufacturers, which would have ...

Fertilising products are used to improve plant growth, mainly in agriculture, enabling higher crop yields. However, they are associated with some challenges as regards security of supply, the environment and health. Although the 2003 Fertilisers Regulation, which aimed at ensuring an internal market in fertilisers, has been effective, it mainly addresses mineral fertilisers and deters the introduction of new types of fertilisers. In March 2016, the Commission put forward a legislative proposal on ...

Nel marzo 2016 la Commissione europea ha presentato una proposta sui prodotti fertilizzanti, che estenderebbe il campo di applicazione della legislazione vigente, in particolare per quanto riguarda i concimi organici e ricavati dai rifiuti, e fissa limiti per i metalli pesanti e i contaminanti nei prodotti fertilizzanti. Nella sessione plenaria di marzo II 2019, il Parlamento europeo dovrebbe votare l'accordo raggiunto sul fascicolo dopo i negoziati in sede di trilogo.

Nel 2016, dopo il lavoro realizzato negli anni precedenti, ma anche in risposta al caso Volkswagen (VW), la Commissione europea ha presentato una proposta per rafforzare l'omologazione e la vigilanza del mercato dei veicoli a motore. I negoziati in prima lettura con il Consiglio sono sfociati in un compromesso che attende ora di essere votato in Aula durante la tornata di aprile.