Division 4.2 Categories of measures

Article 8(1)(b) to (f) of the GPSD provides a list of the different categories of measures that are notifiable under RAPEX when the conditions for notification are fulfilled, including the following measures:

1. (a)

   marking a product with appropriate warnings on the risk(s) it may present;

2. (b)

   making the marketing of a product subject to prior conditions;

3. (c)

   warning consumers and end-users of the risks that could be posed by a product;

4. (d)

   temporary ban on the supply, offer to supply and display of a product;

5. (e)

   ban on the marketing of a product and any accompanying measures, i.e. measures required to ensure compliance with the ban;

6. (f)

   withdrawal of a product from the market;

7. (g)

   recall of a product from consumers;

8. (h)

   destruction of a withdrawn or recalled product.

For the purpose of RAPEX, the term ‘withdrawal’ is used exclusively for measures aimed at preventing the distribution, display and offer of a product posing a risk to consumers or other end-users, while the term ‘recall’ is used only for measures aimed at achieving the return of such a product that has already been made available to consumers or other end-users by a producer or distributor.