Problems relating to Trade and Investment on Germany

19. Industrial standards, approval of safety standards
Issue	Issue details	Requests	Reference

(1) Delays in Notification of Amendment in Product Safety Act

- Amended General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) compels listing of importers' addresses within the EU Member States. Notification reached an enterprise only at the beginning of February 2012, while 1st December 2011 is shown as the effective date in the implementing details.

- It is requested that GOG provides a sufficient preparatory period or a grace period on issues requiring product design changes.

- General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), amended on 1 December 2011

(2) Variation in standards under the respective domestic laws of individual Member States

- Quasi-domestic individually separate laws or local government's regulations have emerged in part relative to General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), to meet the needs for model specifications concerning construction machineries and equipment. Such individual legislation has brought up the cost for product development, sales materials, certification work, and the secondary distribution of construction machineries and equipment.
Example:
-- Germany: Maximum speed limit of construction which
-- Italy: Restricted vehicle size class / crawler width (transport restrictions).

- It is requested that EU establishes the uniform standard all across the EU.

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