- IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION OF
CHILDREN'S CARE PRODUCTS
Products determined for children's care make a specific group with the common purpose
of use: care for infants and toddlers. This group is covered by European standards
defining technical requirements with respect to ensuring the essential safety requirements
according to the Directive 2001/95/EC ' General product safety (Act No. 102/2001
Coll. on General Safety in the Czech legislation).
As concerns meeting products technical requirements, the directive on general safety
does not require participation of independent certification bodies, which would
verify conformity of the products's characteristics to the requirements stated in
standards. Only a very small number of manufacturers and importers have their products
tested or certified. Unfortunately, this leads to relatively frequent breach of
safety requirements, resulting in the monitoring bodies awarding fines and in some
cases even in withdrawing dangerous products from the market.
- Voluntary certification offers verification of conformity
of the product's characteristics according to the applicable standard.
- Confirmation of safety and health harmlessness
by means of the certificate provides a high degree of assurance that the product
will not cause temporary or permanent harm to the child's health and it also ensures
good image of the company within supplier-customer relations.