Retained EU Law SI 2004/905 United Kingdom

Commission Decision of 14 December 2004 laying down guidelines for the notification of dangerous consumer products to the competent authorities of the Member States by producers and distributors, in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2004) 4772) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/905/EC)

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Manufacturer2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Manufacturer — also bound by 551 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

uri:annex/division/4/division/4.1 uri:annex/division/4/division/4.1 Regulated
  • Notify authorities if you discover a consumer product is dangerousManufacturer
uri:annex/division/4/division/4.2 uri:annex/division/4/division/4.2 Regulated
  • Notify authorities in every country where you sold a dangerous productManufacturer
uri:annex/division/6 uri:annex/division/6 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Competent authority must escalate serious product risks through RAPEXLocal authority
11 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/1 The following text is based on the framework developed for...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/2 A consumer product may present one or more intrinsic hazards....
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/3 The severity of each type of hazard may be given...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/4 It may happen that not all individual products present the...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/5 The potential of a hazard to materialise as an actual...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/6 Taking into account the above considerations, the following conceptual approach...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/7 It is recommended that assessments be carried out by a...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/8 The assessor should analyse the information collected and use the...
s.annex/annex/ii/paragraph/9 As a first step, use Table A to determine the...
s.art001 The Commission hereby adopts guidelines for the notification of dangerous...
s.art002 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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