EU GIVES TIPS FOR UPCOMING RAPEX BUSINESS APPLICATION Companies looking to take advantage of the EU’s Business Application for RAPEX notifications – which becomes operational May 1 – should check which web browsers they use.

TWO EU SAFETY DATA RESOURCES ARE NEAR EuroSafe and other organizations are set to provide data related to safety.

EU OFFICIAL CALLS FOR UN-LEVEL CHEMICALS SAFETY PANEL European Commission Vice President Margot Wallström April 6 suggested there is a need for a UN level approach to chemicals safety.

ACCC HOLDS UP RECALL AS EXAMPLE OF NATIONAL EFFORT The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) April 6 pointed to the recall of Doral cribs as an example of the type of national-level efforts that could occur under in-the-works revamping of that nation’s product safety rules.

FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Briefs on cribs, radio transmitters, educational kits, heaters, DVD players, RAPEX.