On 13 July, Commissioner Reynders presented the proposals for a Regulation on general product safety (GPSR) and for a Directive on consumer credits (CCD). The current Directive on general product safety will be replaced by a Regulation in order to ensure coherent implementation and the same level of enforcement among Member States.
The proposed Regulation aims at updating and modernising the general framework for the safety of non-food consumer products, preserving its role as a safety net for consumers, adapting the provisions to challenges posed by new technologies and online selling as well as ensuring a level playing field for businesses. The CCD proposal extends the scope of the current Consumer Credit Directive to cover a wider range of products, which are potentially risky for consumers, promotes the reduction of the amount of information provided to consumers in advertising, focuses on how and when pre-contractual information is presented to consumers, improves the rules with which creditworthiness is assessed and asks Member States to promote financial education and to ensure that debt advice is made available to consumers.
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