Consumer product safety

Options paper

Released 07 / 02 / 2006

This options paper was prepared by the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs.

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
References