The european product safety system and the supply chain

The European Product Safety System and the Supply Chain Marcello Manca Vice-President & General Manager UL Environment Inc Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® OECD Conference on Corporate Responsibility June 15, 2009 – Paris, France

Underwriters Laboratories Working for a Safer World Since 1894 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Data as of 31st December 2007 Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® Underwriters Laboratories

The European Product Safety System The European Product Safety System launched over 20 years ago to support one of the cornerstones of the single market: the free movement of goods The mechanisms in place to achieve this aim are based on prevention of new barriers to trade, mutual recognition and technical harmonization (1) The scope of EU “Product safety” laws refers (also) to the physical health and safety of citizens with regards to non-food products (2) European citizens must be confident that the products they use, consume or simply come into contact with are safe and do not present any danger to their health and physical safety (2) (1) summary from EC DG Enterprise “Blue Guide”; (2) summary from EC Health & Consumer DG “Product Safety” factsheet Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.®

Europe (and the world) has evolved… Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® … from: … to: ,[object Object], ,[object Object],[object Object], ,[object Object],[object Object], ,[object Object],[object Object], ,[object Object],[object Object], ,[object Object],[object Object], ,[object Object],[object Object], ,[object Object]

Focus on Electric & Electronic (E&E) products… EU safety E&E industry risks (1) 2007 Rapex Report Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® an highly simplified Product Safety system does not work in an increasingly complex Electric & Electronic industry

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What are we seeing… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(1) 2006 project IP0106LUM | voedsel en waren autoriteit; (2) EC Impact Assessment SEC(2007) 173 Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.®

as recent examples unfortunately showed, costs of “Lack of Compliance” are much higher… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(1) 2007 Rapex Report (2) WSJE 03.Nov.08 (3) Reuters 17.Sep.08 Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® (loose) mortgage restrictions (sub-prime) mortgages (toxic) securities (bad-dept) credit institutions (bad-dept) financial institutions (toxic) derivatives (global) f inancial crisis

… and Consumers clearly know it ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(1) EC Special Eurobarometer 298 | Oct.02008

[object Object],[object Object],we believe in Safety Systems that deliver: Compliance • Coherence • Confidence Copyright © 2008 Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® operating on a increasingly complex supply chain requires a preventative system for public safety an “ideal” Safety System model Consensus Standards ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Accreditation & Qualified staff

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