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1. Context
This article deals with industrial products intended for the general public, excluding food and pharmaceutical products.
Why focus on safety?
1.1 It's a legal obligation
The general obligation of product safety was introduced in France by the law of July 21, 1983, which also established the Commission de la sécurité des consommateurs (CSC). This was no accident, but the result of a growing concern for consumer safety following a number of high-profile cases. The first recalls of dangerous products date back to the 1970s (decorative lamps with trichloroethylene, pyjamas treated with a carcinogenic product). From 1979 to 1983, the tire manufacturer Kléber-Colombes was at loggerheads with the consumer association UFC-Que choisir? which...
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Bibliography
- (1) - - http://www.minefi.gouv.fr/minefi/recherche/ index.htm
- (2) - - http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr
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Standards and norms
- Safety aspects – Guidelines for including them in standards - Guide ISO/CEI 51 - 2014
- Instructions d'emploi des produits par les consommateurs - Guide ISO/CEI 37 - 2012
- Sécurité des machines. Principes généraux de conception. Appréciation du risque et réduction du risque - NF EN ISO 1200 - 2010
- Modèles anthropométriques de la population masculine et féminine - X 35-002 - 07-82
- Machine...
Regulations
Consumer Code http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?cidTexte= LEGITEXT000006069565
European regulations :
Directive 2001/95/EC of December 3, 2001 on general product safety.
Directive 85/374/EEC of July 25, 1985 on product...
Directories
Organizations
DGCCRF (Direction générale de la concurrence, consommation et représion des fraudes): market surveillance http://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/
French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry http://www.economie.gouv.fr
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