European Commission Expert Groups → Directorate Generals → Health and Consumers DG → Consumer Safety Network
The Consumer Safety Network is a consultative expert group chaired by the European Commission. Its Members are composed of national experts from the administrations of the 27 Member States and EFTA/EEA countries competent in product safety; candidate countries and selected stakeholders are invited to attend as Observers. The expert group stimulates reflection and discusses topics related to consumer product and service safety and provides a knowledge base for policy work. It facilitates the exchange of expertise and best practices. In recent years, the main areas of discussion have been the safety of consumer products (including joint actions on market surveillance), and consumer services, including fire safety in hotels and relevant data collection. The group meets on average three times per year, usually in conjunction with the meetings of the General Product Safety Directive Committee.
Coordinates with Member States, exchange of views
Provides expertise to the Commission when drafting of implementing measures, i.e. before the Commission submits these draft measures to a comitology committee
ANEC
BEUC – The European Consumers’ Organisation
BUSINESSEUROPE
CEN – European Committee for Standardisation
Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning
EFTA – European Free Trade Association
EUROCOMMERCE
Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship – Consumer Protection Department
Office of Trade and Transport (AHT)
PROSAFE
The Consumer Agency
UEAPME
Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade, DG Standardization in Foreign Trade
Austria – Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs & Consumer Protection
Belgium – Federal Public Service – Economy, SME, Self-Employment and Energy
Bulgaria – The Commission for Consumer Protection; Ministry of Economy, Energy & Tourism – Consumer Protection Directorate
Cyprus – Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism – Competition and Consumer Protection Service
Czech Republic – Ministry of Industry & Trade – Consumer Protection Department
Denmark – Danish Safety Technology Authority; Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Estonia – Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Finland – Ministry of Employment and the Economy; Finnish Safety & Chemicals Agency (TUKES)
France – Direction générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes – Bureau “Sécurité et réseaux d’alerte”
Germany – Bavarian Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Family & Women; Bündesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft under Verbraucherschutz
Greece – Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping – General Secretariat for Consumer Affairs
Hungary – Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection; Ministry for National Economy – Consumer Department
Ireland – National Consumer Agency
Italy – Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico
Latvia – Ministry of Economics of Latvia – Competition, Trade & Consumer Rights Division; Consumer Rights Protection Centre
Lithuania – The State Non-Food Products Inspectorate under the Ministry of Economy
Luxembourg – ILNAS – Surveillance du Marché
Malta – Malta Standards Authority
Netherlands – Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
Poland – Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
Portugal – Ministry of Economy – Direcção-Geral do Consumidor
Romania – National Authority for Consumer Protection
Slovakia – Ministry of the Economy of the Slovak Republic
Slovenia – Ministry of the Economy
Spain – Instituto Nacional del Consumo – M° Sanidad y Consumo
Sweden – Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket)
United Kingdom – Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
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