I. Introduction In mid-February of 2013 the European Commission proposed a new package of legislative and non-legislativemeasures to improve consumer product safety and to strengthenmarket surveillance of products in the EU.”1 These measures included the following: – Communication from the Commission on more product safety andbettermarket surveillance inthe Single Market for products [COM(2013) 74 final2]; – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealingCouncilDirective 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC [COM(2013) 78 final3]; – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on market surveillance of products and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC, and Directives 94/9/EC,