4. Product safety
4.1 Comparative testing and product safety
Safety is always a criterion in comparative product testing, and these tests often reveal safety defects.
In 1997, for example, a laboratory test carried out by the Union féminine civique et sociale (UFCS) showed that motorcycle helmets did not comply with regulations and posed safety problems.
Over the past ten years, tests carried out by UFC-Que Choisir have revealed the safety defects of numerous products, leading the association to take action: ceramic hobs, children's car seats, electric toy motorcycles, bunk beds, breathalyzers, refrigerators, bottle nipples...
In some cases, the sole purpose of the tests carried out by consumer...
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References
Thesis
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- DELGADO (N.) - L'influence du consumérisme sur le régime juridique des marques. - Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris) (2002).
Standardization
Association française de normalisation (AFNOR) http://www.afnor.fr
- Relations fournisseurs-utilisateurs ; essais comparatifs de produits - principes de base. - NF X 50-005 - 8-1975
- Relations fournisseurs-utilisateurs - Reprise des résultats d'essais comparatifs de produits. - NF X 50-006 - 8-1993
OCDEfrOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development () http://www.oecd.org
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French consumer organizations, members of the National Consumer Council
ADEICFEN fr
Association d'éducation et d'information du consommateur de la fédération de l'éducation nationale (consumer education and information association of the national education federation)
.ASSECO-CFDT fr
Association études et consommation...
French public consumer structures
INC fr
National Consumer Institute
editor of 60 millions de consommateurs. http://www.inc60.fr
CSC fr
Consumer Safety Commission
.European and international organizations
Belgian consumer association
publisher of Test Achats. http://www.test-achats.be/
ANEC fr
European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation
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