The Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988 will come into force in December 2024. It is based on the new legal framework that standardizes market surveillance, accreditation, conformity assessment and CE marking for products. The regulation replaces the previous Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC and is directly applicable in all member states; it does not require transposition into national law. Further information on the new Product Safety Regulation can be found on the website of KAN (Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization), a member of Basi.
Every year, the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the construction industry (BG BAU) registers more than 90,000…