ANEC welcomes adoption of the revised European standard EN 15914:2017 ‘Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC Bicycles (EPACs)’ by CEN (the European Committee for Standardization) which should see safer and more reliable EPACs on the roads.
Today, as part of an initiative of the Maltese Presidency of the Council, and the European Commission, European transport ministers signed the Valetta Declaration on road safety during a High-Level Ministerial Conference held in Malta.
For all too long, ANEC has been pressing for regulatory action underpinned by standards to increase the access of consumers of all ages and abilities to everyday products and services. We welcomed the European Commission proposal for a European Accessibility Act (COM(2015) 615final), adopted on 2 December 2015, as it aimed to improve the functioning of the EU internal market for accessible products and services by removing barriers created by divergent laws.
Services are one of the main drivers of the European economy and account for around 70 percent of GDP. Standards can ensure the quality of services, but only if they exist and are used. Today, ANEC publishes a report on the use of service standards by authorities as a tool in market surveillance.
Internet-connected toys, now available to consumers in many countries, engage in ‘conversations’ with children by using built-in microphones and speech recognition technologies. But are children’s secrets safe with these toys and could even their personal safeties be placed at risk?
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