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OverviewThis book examines the European Community legislation that regulates the safety of consumer products. Hodges surveys the extent to which this legislation aims to and succeeds in achieving safety for a wide range of products. There are different legal requirements for medicines, machines, electronics, toys and so on, which employ different regulatory mechanisms, including pre-marketing assessment, provision of information, control of the manufacturing environment, post-marketing obligations on producers and authorities, and obligations on distributors and users. Hodges compares the various mechanisms relating to medicinal products, products covered by 'New Approach' Directives, cosmetics, biocides, tobacco products, and consumer products covered by the General Product Safety Directive, and asks why particular mechanisms are used, or not used for different products. The book then moves on to consider what is meant by product 'safety', demonstrating the relativity of this concept. Hodges highlights an important problem: that consumers, the media, and experts can all have differing ideas on the level of safety that is relevant and acceptable. Hodges contends that the systems are in need of review, to ensure they work effectively and give value for money. In some cases, there is an need for more or less control. He argues for more systematic collection of safety data, and for consistecy in surveillance and enforcement mechanisms across Europe, pointing towards the need for a European Product Safety Agency. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Hodges (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford and Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.649kg ISBN: 9780199282555ISBN 10: 0199282552 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 19 May 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsTable of Legislation Table of Cases List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction 1: Theoretical aspects of regulation Part One: Description of the main regulatory systems at Community level 2: Introduction 3: The limits on the Community's jurisdictional competence in product safety legislation 4: Medicinal products 5: New Approach products 6: Biocides, cosmetics, tobacco, and general consumer products Part Two: Procedural Mechanisms for safety 7: Introduction 8: Pre-market assessment: authorization to market 9: Control of the manufacturing environment and process 10: Providing information 11: Producers' Post-marketing obligations 12: The role of the authorities in post-marketing safety 13: Control of distribution 14: Obligations on users 15: Conclusions on safety mechanisms Part Three: Theoretical issues and conclusions 16: Introduction 17: The Community institutions involved and their mechanisms of governance 18: Safety and risk 19: Conclusions Appendices Appendix 1: The Pharmacovigilance System Appendix 2: Statistics on the safety of general consumer products Appendix 3: Statistics on the safety of medicinal products Appendix 4: Statistics on the safety of electrical products Appendix 5: Modules for conformity assessment procedures under the New Approach Bibliography IndexReviewsChristopher Hodges has been an inside practitioner in the field of consumer products safety. He has blended those unique insights with academic research to produce a thought provoking book. His vision of a more coherent regulatory structure with informed and balanced debates about what safety standards best suit the European market is a model that has much to commend itself. Hopefully this work will encourage regulators to bear these principles in mind. Geraint Howells, Public Law Author InformationChristopher Hodges is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, and Partner at CMS Cameron McKenna. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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