When Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed – The Designed-in Dangers of the American automobile was published in 1965, it challenged the political consensus that the automotive manufacturers – Ford, GM and Chrysler – could be trusted to develop and market ‘safe products’, without any need for federal regulation.
Posts Tagged: Regulation
Product Safety in the European Single Market
After BREXIT: What Next?
Leaving the Single Market The EU’s ‘Single Market’ allows the free movement of goods within the member States, providing they comply with the relevant EU Standards and Regulations. But, this system of ‘Free Trade’ within Europe is underpinned by the harmonization of standards and the mutual recognition of Approval Bodies. The familiar CE mark is… Read more »
