Highlights - Consideration of amendments on Personal protective equipment - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

A total of 91 amendments were tabled by IMCO Members to the draft report by Ms Ford. In particular Members discussed three areas of the file namely the scope, the validity period and the risk categories of products.  The Members further discussed the scope of the regulation, the validity period of the EU type approval and the declaration of conformity. These points will be further discussed among the Shadows with an aim of finding compromises. The Rapporteur is also looking into the possibility of compromises covering the topics of consumer protection and the burdens on businesses.