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Guide to the Application and Research of EU Technical Provisions on Product Safety and Environmental Protection

Contents（英文目录）

Part I How the EU works? (3)

Chart 1 Brief intruduction of EU (4)

1.1 The history of EU (4)

1.2 The system of EU institution (5)

1.3 The three pillars of EU (6)

Chart 2 Background of EU legislation (8)

2.1 Legal-related institution of EU (8)

2.2 Legal instruments of EU (10)

2.3 Legislation procedures of EU (13)

Part II EU technical provisions on enviromental protection (17)

Chart 1 The history of EU enviromental policy and legislation (19)

1.1 Phase I（1958-1972） (19)

1.2 Phase II（1972-1987） (19)

1.3 Phase III（1987-1992） (20)

1.4 Phase IV（1992-） (20)

Chart 2 The eco-label system of EU (22)

2.1 What is the character of EU eco-label ? (22)

2.2 How the standards on products with eco-label are established ? (23)

2.3 Which products may apply for eco-lable ? (24)

2.4 How to apply for EU eco-lable ? (24)

2.5 The relationship between EU eco-label and the eco-lable of member states and other

enviromental certifications (26)

2.6 The benifit for the enterprises to get the EU eco-label (27)

Appendix:Study on eco-label system developed by Shenzhen WTO Reference Centre. 29 Chart 3 Energy-using products（EuP）directive of EU (30)

3.1 The background of EuP directive (30)

3.2 The rationality of EuP directive (31)

3.3 How the EuP directive is constituted ? (32)

3.4 The subject matters, basic issues, objectives, scope and implementation date of

EuP directive (33)

3.5 The implementation measures of EuP directive (34)

3.6 The impact upon China economic of EuP directive (35)

Chart 4 EU legislation on how to control dangerous waste (39)

4.1 Introduction (39)

4.2 Waste management principle of EU (39)

4.3 Legal framework of waste management of Eu (40)

4.4 Rank system of solid waste management of EU (42)

4.5 Case study: solid waste management in Germany and Sweden (43)

Chart 5 Enviromental liability directive of EU (44)

5.1 The Background of EU enviromental liability directive (44)

5.2 What does the “enviromental detriments”mean in the new legislation? (45)

5.3 Adminstration order and cost return (45)

5.4 What activities do the directive cover? (46)

5.5 What activities do the additional negligence rule cover? (46)

5.6 What do the exception and disclamer clauses provide? (46)

5.7 Capital guarantee and insurance (46)

5.8 Is traceability possible? (47)

5.9 Who is entitled to require punishment? (47)

5.10 What is the bussiness impact? (47)

Part III EU technical provisions on comsumer safety (49)

Chart 1 The history of EU consumer policy and consumer protection legislation (51)

1.1Rome Treaty and the origin of indirect consumer policy (51)

1.2 Single European Act and the consumer protection policy (51)

1.3 Formal confirm to the consumer protection policy in the Maastricht Treaty (52)

1.4 Special emphasis to the consumer rights in the Amsterdam Treaty (52)

Chart 2 General Product Safety Directive (54)

2.1 Old approach and new approach for product safty legislation (54)

2.2 General approach and special approach for product safety legislation (54)

2.3 Some definitions in the General Product Safety Directive (55)

2.4 Obligations of producer and distributor (56)

2.5 Obligations of manufacture and distributor under new approach directives (57)

2.6 Market surveillance obligation of Member States (58)

2.7 Rapid exchange of information (59)

2.8 Community urgency procedure (60)

Chart 3 Product safety in Europe (61)

——CE-Marking in focus (61)

3.1 Legal bases (63)

3.2 The road to a directive-aligned product (68)

Chart 4 Product safety in Europe (73)

——A Guide to corrective action including recalls (73)

4.1 Introduction (74)

4.2 Preparing your corrective action strategy (78)

4.3 Assessing the risk (82)

4.4 Taking corrective action (84)

4.5 Learning from experience (89)

Appendix I: Case study on corrective action (91)

Appendix II European Information Sources (95)

Appendix III Risk Estimation and Evaluation (97)