联合国消费品安全原则

The General Assembly, in its resolution 80/119, adopted the United Nations principles for consumer product safety,as proposed at the Ninth United Nations Conference to Review All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally AgreedEquitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices in 2025. The text in the annex of Resolution on consumerproduct safetyAdopted by the General Assembly 80/119.Consumer product safety Recallingthat the World Health Organization defines“health” as a state of complete physical, mental and Recognizingthat consumers often face imbalancesin economic terms, educational levels and bargaining The General Assembly, Recallingits resolution70/186of 22 December 2015on consumer protection, in which it adopted the revisedUnited Nations guidelines for consumer protection,setting out the main characteristics of effective consumer Reaffirmingthat product safety contributes tobuilding trust in economic operators and marketsand reduces costs to society associated with injuries, Taking noteof the mandate entrusted to the UnitedNations Conference on Trade and Development atits fifteenth session in the Bridgetown Covenant,1tocontinue to assist developing countries to formulate andimplement competition and consumer protection policiesand laws, facilitate cooperation among competitionand consumer protection agencies, conduct peerreviews and foster the exchange of knowledge and best Recognizingthat product safety plays a criticalrole in sustainable consumption and that sustainableproducts should also be safe, conscious of the rolethat the circular economy will play in addressing Affirmingthe importance of setting general productsafety principles to assist all Member States withformulating and enforcing domestic and regional product Recognizingthe importance of building local,national, regional and international cooperation in the Havingregardto the recommendation onpreventing the cross-border distribution of knownunsafe consumer products adopted by the EighthUnited Nations Conference to Review All Aspects ofthe Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Affirmingthe right of all consumers to have accessto safe products and the need to provide consumers,including those in vulnerable and disadvantagedsituations, with a high level of protection against unsafe Affirmingalso that products offered to consumersshould not pose an unreasonable risk to the healthor safety of consumers, in reasonably normal or Recognizingthe informal working group onconsumer product safety, established at the thirdsession of the Intergovernmental Group of Expertson Consumer Protection Law and Policy, under theauspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Recognizingthe need to tackle emerging challengesin cross-border consumer protection enforcement arising Reaffirmingthat measures to ensure the health andsafety of consumers should not create unnecessaryobstacles to trade or be more trade-restrictive than Notingthat the informal working group has focusedits efforts on “consumer products”, understood to meanthe category of products intended for and/or likely to beused by consumers, excluding food, drugs and medical 6.Requeststhe United Nations Conference on Tradeand Development to promote the United Nationsprinciples for consumer product safety and toencourage interested Member States to create 1.Decidesto adopt the United Nations principles forconsumer product safety annexed to the present 7.Requeststhe Intergovernmental Group of Expertson Consumer Protection Law and Policy toincorporate the United Nations principles forconsumer product safety into its regular programme 2.Requeststhe Secretary-General to disseminate the 3.Recommendsthat Member States implement the 4.Requestsall organizations of the United Nationssystem that elaborate United Nations guidelinesfor consumer protection and related documents 64thplenary meeting15 December 2025 5.Requeststhe secretariat of the United NationsConference on Trade and Development to exchangeinformation on progress and experiences regardingthe implementation of the present resolution, to United Nations principlesfor consumer product I.General principles for thesafety of products on the III.Responsibilities of relevantauthorities responsible for 11.Member States should empower the relevantauthorities responsible for product safety toinvestigate and take action against unsafe products 1.All products offered to consumers, whether onlineor offline, new, used, repaired or reconditioned, inreasonably normal or foreseeable use or foreseeable 2.Businesses have the primary responsibility to ensure (a)Mandate businesses to report to the relevantauthorities responsible for product safetyincidents associated with a product that they 3.Businesses take safety into account in the design,quality assurance, production and supply of consumer (b)Request businesses to notify the relevantauthorities responsible for product safety of anyuns