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European Commission Report on the Safety of Services
In June 2003 The European Commission reported on the safety
of services for consumers.
  Report on the safety of services
for consumers.
Annex - Summary of Member
States’ policies and legislation on the safety of services.
The Report
The report notes that the inadequacy of available data and
the lack of evidence of specific internal market difficulties make
it difficult to justify any specific option for substantive
Community action in the area of the safety of services at this
stage.
It therefore sets the immediate priority as an improvement
to the knowledge base and to monitor systematically the existing
policies and measures of the Member States. It proposes
specifically to put in place actions aimed at monitoring and
supporting national policies and measures by:
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establishing procedures for administrative co-operation between
Member States in order to systematically exchange information on
policy and regulatory developments and the results achieved;
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setting provisions for the systematic collection and data on the
risks of services and the establishment of an EU database;
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aiming at the establishment of procedures for setting European
standards, if and when the evidence indicates a need.
In the first instance the Commission believes that it would
be appropriate to focus on the sectors most relevant to consumers in
a cross-border perspective, e.g. tourism and leisure related
activities.
In December 2003 the Council adopted a Resolution that the
Commission should bring forward proposals for action, including
where necessary for legislation, by December 2004.
This has so
far not happened.
Safety of Services in the UK
The
UK regulates the safety of services provided to consumers under
health and safety at work legislation, on the basis that any service
provided to consumers is also a work activity. The Health and
Safety at Work etc Act 1974 has as its objective the protection of
the public, as well as employees, from safety risks arising from
work activities. This legal framework, for which the Health
and Safety Executive has responsibility, is supplemented by a range
of safety measures in specific services sectors.
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