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Lighters
which are Child-resistant
The
draft Commission Decision requiring member States to take measures to ensure
that only disposable lighters which are child-resistant are put on the market
has been amended by the Commission. The amended draft has obtained the
favourable opinion of the Committee of Member States of Directive 2001/95/EC on
general product safety on
The main
amendments concern the following points:
• The
scope of the Decision is not based any more on a monetary threshold but on a
technical definition for “luxury and semi-luxury lighters”. Such lighters will
be exempt from the obligation to be child-resistant;
•
Novelty lighters are now defined by reference to Specification 3.2 of standard
EN 13869:2002 “Lighters – Child-resistance for lighters – Safety requirements
and test methods”. The amended draft Decision bans them from the EU market;
•
Child-resistance tests are defined as those carried out in accordance with
standard EN 13869:2002 or in accordance with the requirements of
non-EU-countries having child-resistant requirements equivalent to those
established by the draft Decision. Further tests could be added to this
definition when revising the Decision in the future;
• More
explanations on the content of a test report are given;
• Longer
transitional periods have been granted to producers to adapt to the Decision;
•
Suspension of the export ban according to Article 13(3) of Directive 2001/95/EC
was added;
• Some
provisions on the enforcement of the Decision were added;
• The Commission will provide guidelines to facilitate the practical application of the Decision.
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