Evaluating impacts on withdrawal of products
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Scope
Will the option entail the withdrawal of certain products from the market? Is the marketing of products limited or prohibited? [1]
Definition
Products may be withdrawn from the market as a consequence of stricter legislation aimed at the protection of consumers and of the environment. This could happen in cases ranging from refrigerators and aerosol cans containing ozone depleting substances, over unsafe toys, to manufactured products made from tropical hardwood or endangered species (items such as ivory, turtle shell artefacts, clam shells, coral and products made from snakeskin or whalebone).[1]
In the recent history of European policy, Many relevant cases are related to substance substitution policy. In order to prevent the generation of hazardous waste, for instance, Directive 2002/95/EC requires the substitution of various heavy metals (lead, mecury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium) and brominated flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)) in new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market from 1 July 2006.
Decisions causing restrictions to the marketing of products are of EU competence as the lack of harmonisation of member states' national legislations may constitute a technical barrier to intra-EU trade and impede the freedom of movement for goods in intra-Community trade.[1]
Result
Further information
EC related information:
Other information:
Indicators:
To the best of the IA TOOLS team's knowledge, there are no indicators in the Eurostat database or in any other authoritative publicly available databases that are directly related to this key question. Users are invited to contribute their own knowledge to this topic by contacting the IA TOOLS team.[1]
See also
References
This text is for information only and is not designed to interpret or replace any reference documents. The text is partially adapted from:
European Commission, DG Environment: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment