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Cabinet Regulation No. 119 of 2006 on Procedures by which a Producer, Distributor of Goods or a Service Provider Informs the Relevant State Supervisory and Control Institutions Regarding the Goods or Services that Cause a Risk Incompatible with General Safety Requirements

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2006 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 29, 17.02.2006.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen.
Keyword
Internal trade Business/industry/corporations Consumer protection Public health Access-to-information Risk assessment/management Liability/compensation Protection of environment Procedural matters Data collection/reporting Pollution control
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Regulation prescribes the procedures by which a producer, distributor of goods or a service provider shall inform the relevant State supervisory and control institution, if such producer, distributor or provider becomes aware of or, as an expert, should have known that the product or service causes a risk incompatible with general safety requirements. A producer, distributor or service provider shall inform the relevant market supervisory institution regarding the goods put into circulation or a service provided if such product or service causes a risk incompatible with general safety requirements. This Regulation does not apply to medicines, medical devices (also in vitro diagnostic medical devices), medicinal products and food. If a product or service causes a risk not only to consumer health and safety, but also to the environment, the producer, distributor or service provider shall inform the State Environmental Service thereof.

Full text
English/Latvian
Website
likumi.lv

References - Legislation

Implements

Law on the Safety of Goods and Services (2004)

Legislation | Latvia | 2004 (2014)

Keyword: Consumer protection, Public health, Access-to-information, Internal trade, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX