Most inspected products sold online do not comply with EU chemicals law | Safer Chemicals Podcast

Description

This episode covers an EU-wide project where national authorities inspected nearly 6 000 products sold online in the EU and EEA. The project looked at different webshops and online marketplaces and whether they followed the rules set by EU chemicals legislation.

The inspections covered both professional products such as lead used for welding and consumer goods like textiles, leather, toys, and jewellery.

The project found that most of the inspected products did not comply with the law.

Join us for a deeper look into the findings and what needs to change for the low level of compliance to improve.

You will also get tips for buying products online and what steps you can take to ensure the products meet legal requirements and can be used safely.

Our guests are Karin Rumar, from the Swedish Chemicals Agency, also the Chair of the Working Group for the project, and Maciej Baranski, working in the Harmonised Enforcement Team in ECHA.

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Chapters

What were the main drivers for the project and why did you focus on online sales?
1min
What did the inspections check for and what were the main findings?
2min
What classification, labelling and packaging regulation requirements were checked and what were the main findings?
Chapter link•
4min
What was checked under the biocidal product regulation and what were the main findings?
Chapter link•
5min
What is the difference between online marketplaces and web shops and how many were not complying?
6min
What penalties were applied to the stores that were not following the law?
7min
What were the main recommendations from the project?
8min
What do the recommendations mean in practice?
11min
What can be done in the short term to increase the level of compliance of online marketplaces and web shops?
13min
What can companies do to make sure the products they are selling meet legal obligations?
16min
Should consumers be worried when buying these products online?
17min
Chapter 12
17min
How will the recommendations from the report be followed-up?
21min
Read the project report
Chapter link•
23min

Description

The inspections covered both professional products such as lead used for welding and consumer goods like textiles, leather, toys, and jewellery.

The project found that most of the inspected products did not comply with the law.

Join us for a deeper look into the findings and what needs to change for the low level of compliance to improve.

You will also get tips for buying products online and what steps you can take to ensure the products meet legal requirements and can be used safely.

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Subscribe to our Safer Chemicals Podcast
Subscribe to our news

Follow us on:
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*LinkedIn

Visit our website

Disclaimer: Views expressed by interviewees do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Chemicals Agency. All content is up to date at the time of publication.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Chapters

What were the main drivers for the project and why did you focus on online sales?
1min
What did the inspections check for and what were the main findings?
2min
What classification, labelling and packaging regulation requirements were checked and what were the main findings?
Chapter link•
4min
What was checked under the biocidal product regulation and what were the main findings?
Chapter link•
5min
What is the difference between online marketplaces and web shops and how many were not complying?
6min
What penalties were applied to the stores that were not following the law?
7min
What were the main recommendations from the project?
8min
What do the recommendations mean in practice?
11min
What can be done in the short term to increase the level of compliance of online marketplaces and web shops?
13min
What can companies do to make sure the products they are selling meet legal obligations?
16min
Should consumers be worried when buying these products online?
17min
Chapter 12
17min
How will the recommendations from the report be followed-up?
21min
Read the project report
Chapter link•
23min

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What were the main drivers for the project and why did you focus on online sales?

1min

What did the inspections check for and what were the main findings?

2min

What classification, labelling and packaging regulation requirements were checked and what were the main findings?

Chapter link•

4min

What was checked under the biocidal product regulation and what were the main findings?

Chapter link•

5min

What is the difference between online marketplaces and web shops and how many were not complying?

6min

What penalties were applied to the stores that were not following the law?

7min

What were the main recommendations from the project?

8min

What do the recommendations mean in practice?

11min

What can be done in the short term to increase the level of compliance of online marketplaces and web shops?

13min

What can companies do to make sure the products they are selling meet legal obligations?

16min

Should consumers be worried when buying these products online?

17min

Chapter 12

17min

How will the recommendations from the report be followed-up?

21min

Read the project report

Chapter link•

23min

Chapters

What were the main drivers for the project and why did you focus on online sales?

1min

What did the inspections check for and what were the main findings?

2min

What classification, labelling and packaging regulation requirements were checked and what were the main findings?

Chapter link•

4min

What was checked under the biocidal product regulation and what were the main findings?

Chapter link•

5min

What is the difference between online marketplaces and web shops and how many were not complying?

6min

What penalties were applied to the stores that were not following the law?

7min

What were the main recommendations from the project?

8min

What do the recommendations mean in practice?

11min

What can be done in the short term to increase the level of compliance of online marketplaces and web shops?

13min

What can companies do to make sure the products they are selling meet legal obligations?

16min

Should consumers be worried when buying these products online?

17min

Chapter 12

17min

How will the recommendations from the report be followed-up?

21min

Read the project report

Chapter link•

23min