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PROSAFE (the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe) is an organisation established entirely by enforcement officers throughout Europe who deal with the safety of consumer products. The first formal meeting of the group was in 1990. Since that time, most EU-Member States and EFTA (the European Free Trade Association) countries have been represented at meetings. Interest has been expressed by enforcement officers from Candidate Member States and organisations such as EUROSAFE (European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion), CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission), Health Canada and ANEC (European Association for the Co-Ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation).
PROSAFE participates in the International Consumer Product Safety Committee (ICPSC). The ICPSC is a platform to facilitate the exchange of information on consumer product safety issues with a view to strengthening the collaboration and cooperation among governments and regulatory agencies around the world. Current active members of the ICPSC are representatives from North America and Europe. Regulators in Australia and of several countries in Asia are becoming active in ICPSC.
PROSAFE was established by common recognition of the need to build links in operational understanding and trust between enforcement officials charged with the task of working together to enforce community law.
PROSAFE has been supported by the European Commission Health & Consumer Protection Directorate General (DG), Internal Market DG, Enterprise DG and EFTA.
EMARS, "Enhancing market surveillance through best practice" is being undertaken by PROSAFE, the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe with the generous financial support of the Consumer Policy Directorate-General Health and Consumer protection of the European Commission. Between now and the end of 2008 market surveillance officials from across Europe will be working together to identify best practice to improve the safety of non-food consumer products.
