ABSTRACT

Published in 1998, this book seeks to analyse in a comparative framework laws relating to product safety. These include standard setting, general safety obligations, (enforcement agencies), recall of products, export control, product accident monitoring and information exchange systems. The countries studied will include UK, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, as well as EC law in the light of the recent EC product safety directives.

chapter 1|60 pages

Consumer Product Safety Regulation

chapter 2|98 pages

Product Safety – The European Dimension

chapter 3|36 pages

International Product Safety

chapter 4|56 pages

United States

chapter 5|48 pages

United Kingdom

chapter 6|32 pages

France 1

chapter 7|34 pages

Germany

chapter 8|8 pages

Conclusions