Consumer product safety
Consumer product safety
Options paper
This options paper was prepared by the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs.
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Options paper (PDF 274.6 KB)1 Preliminaries
Cover, Contents
Executive Summary
Chapter 1 Introduction
Options Leading to Improved Harmonisation
Chapter 2 The Commission's approach
Option 1 — A General Safety Provision
Option 2 — Revising the Definition of Unsafe Goods
Option 3 — Monitoring and Reporting Requirements on Business
Option 4 — Extension of the Existing Recall Obligations
Chapter 3 A More informed product safety system
Product Safety Data and Research in Australia
Improving Product Safety Data and Research
Appendix 1 Second-hand goods and services
Appendix 2 What product safety data and information do consumer agencies currently use?
Appendix 3 AUZSHARE
Appendix 4 Information
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