Niederschsisches Landesamt fr Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

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TAIEX Seminar IV.Session Part 1 Existing
Legislation and Procedures for Surveillance of
Detergents and Cleaning Products in Germany
Astrid Rohrdanz Federal State Office for
Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Lower
Saxony) Institute for Consumption Goods Lüneburg
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EU Legislation
Directives
National Legislation
Regulations
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EU LegislationDirectives implementation in
national law Regulation binding in its
entirety and directly applicated in all
Member States. for Detergents and Cleaning
Products REGULATION (EC) No 648/2004 OF
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 31 March 2004 on detergents
(Detergentsregulation)
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Duties of the Member States
Article 8 of Detergent Regulation prescribes
Following A national law for those parts of
Detergent Regulation is nessessary
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in Germany this national regulation is
the The Detergent Regulation as
well as the Washing and Cleaning Act establishes
rules for products used in household and also for
industrial and institutional detergent for
washing and cleaning outside the domestic
sphere, carried out by specialised personnel
using specific products.
Washing and Cleaning ActWRMG
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The rules of are established to
protect the consumers, only considering products
used in household.
Food and Feed ActLFGBMain thing
Implementation of the REGULATION (EC) No
178/2002 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL of 28 January2002 laying down the general
principles and requirements of food law,
establishing the European Food Safety Authority
and laying down procedures in matters of food
safety
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One Part of the Feed and Food Act are to
ensure the use of detergents and cleaning agents
without hazard to the consumers, including
analphabets and children.
consumptions goods including detergents and
cleaning agents
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Detergents and Cleaning agents are also subject
to the, including the Decree of Dangerous
Substances and the Decree of Prohibition of
Chemicals.
Chemical Act
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Germany No
Central Organization !
16 federal states
16 different chief authorities
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All national regulations are a foundation for
organisation of surveillance in the federal states
The competent authority in each sector can be
determined by the chief authorities, of the
federal states
16 different organisations of the surveillance
are possible!
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The chief authorities decide on the intensity of
surveillancee.g. number of persons, financial
ressources
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In the past (before Detergent Regulation came in
force) each manufacturer had to registrate each
product at the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA)

• a List of manufacturers
• a List of different products

a specified surveillance was possible
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• Manufacturer (Definition in the Detergent
  Regulation)
• the natural or legal person responsible for
  placing a detergent or a surfactant for a
  detergent on the market

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• in particular, a producer, an importer, a
  packager working for his own account, or any
  person changing the characteristics of a
  detergent or of a surfactant for a
  detergent, or creating or changing the labelling
  thereof, shall be deemed to be a manufacturer.

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A distributor who does not change the
characteristics, labelling or packaging of a
detergent, or of a surfactant for a detergent,
shall not be deemed to be a manufacturer,
except where he acts as an importer.

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Federal Republic of Germany
approx. 4500 manufactorers approx.
54.000 products

Lower Saxony
approx. 180 manufactorers approx.
4000 products
in
2000
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Lower Saxony
competent chief authoritie
Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture, Consumer
Protection and Rural Developement (ML)
competent for investigation and judgement
Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection
and Food Safety (LAVES)Institut of consumption
goods
competent for the surveillance in practise
43 district food and veterinary offices
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Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture, Consumer
Protection and Rural Developement (ML)
Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection
and Food Safety (LAVES)Institut of consumption
goods
district food and veterinary offices
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• Because of the federal system in Germany and the
  independence of the federal states in
  organization of the surveillance, there are no
  complete statistical data about the number
• of inspections
• examinations of detergents and cleaning
  agents.

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In Germany there is no harmonized System, which
handels
complaints
of consumers and/or competitors
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More information about handling
with complaints..
..in session V part 1