REPORT FINDS LITTLE POSITIVE FOR POTENTIAL EU SAFETY MARK A new product safety mark in the EU would not be in the offing if policy-makers there follow the findings of a report made available January 16.

2008 WAS ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR RAPEX The 163 RAPEX reports received by the EU in December made 2008 another record year with 1,866 notices.

FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Briefs on GPSD, consumer policies, toys (2 briefs), baby walkers, laser printers, paint-strippers, reject shops, REACH (2 briefs), safety inventions, rings, play yards, cribs, costumes, cribs, plush toys (2 briefs), consumer policies, stationery, jewelry, decorations, rattles, luggage straps, bike wheels, RAPEX.