{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-59/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-59/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2014/59",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 5 February 2014 on the safety requirements to be met by European standards for consumer laser products pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/59/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-59",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Decision:\n(1) ‘consumer laser product’ means any product or assembly of components that:\n(a) is intended for consumers, or likely to be used by consumers under reasonably foreseeable conditions even if not intended for them; and\n(b) constitutes or incorporates a laser or laser system and during operation permits access to laser radiation;\n(2) ‘child appealing consumer laser product’ means a consumer laser product that:\n(a) resembles, by virtue of its form or design, anything that is commonly recognized as being appealing to, or intended for use by, children; or\n(b) has any other feature or characteristic, not necessary for the function of the product, that is likely to be appealing to children;\n(3) ‘damage to the eyes or the skin’ means any effect of laser radiation detrimental to the structure or function of the eyes or the skin, whether reversible or irreversible.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/59/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:52.395835+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}