The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys

The present study attempts to examine the impact of laws and legislation on the safe construction of toys and their use by young children. The research hypothesis was that the European Union (EU) and its Member States, particularly Greece, implement administrative measures and penalties for the with...

Πλήρης περιγραφή

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Κατσικονούρη, Ευφροσύνη, Ρήγα, Βασιλική
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Katsikonouri, Effrosyni
Μορφή: Journal (paper)
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: 2014
Θέματα:
Διαθέσιμο Online:http://hdl.handle.net/10889/7810
id nemertes-10889-7810
record_format dspace
spelling nemertes-10889-78102023-12-07T06:28:50Z The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys Κατσικονούρη, Ευφροσύνη Ρήγα, Βασιλική Katsikonouri, Effrosyni Riga, Vassiliki Commercial toys Safety of toys Protection of preschool children Child consumers The present study attempts to examine the impact of laws and legislation on the safe construction of toys and their use by young children. The research hypothesis was that the European Union (EU) and its Member States, particularly Greece, implement administrative measures and penalties for the withdrawal of unsafe toys and inform consumers. Content analysis of European and Greek legislation, notifications and penalties imposed on offenders was used to test the hypothesis and the research objectives. The results showed an excessive number of violations of toy safety standards notified to Member States of the EU through the RAPEX system. Greece, despite delayed harmonisation with EU directives and poor information provided to consumers (parents, teachers, children's caregivers, toy librarians), has taken measures to restrict or prevent the distribution of faulty products. 2014-06-16T06:45:11Z 2014-06-16T06:45:11Z 2014-01 2014-06-16 Journal (paper) Katsikonouri, Ε., Riga, V. (2014). The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys. Preschool & Primary Education, 2(1):1-18 http://hdl.handle.net/10889/7810 en application/pdf Preschool & Primary Education
institution UPatras
collection Nemertes
language English
topic Commercial toys
Safety of toys
Protection of preschool children
Child consumers
spellingShingle Commercial toys
Safety of toys
Protection of preschool children
Child consumers
Κατσικονούρη, Ευφροσύνη
Ρήγα, Βασιλική
The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
description The present study attempts to examine the impact of laws and legislation on the safe construction of toys and their use by young children. The research hypothesis was that the European Union (EU) and its Member States, particularly Greece, implement administrative measures and penalties for the withdrawal of unsafe toys and inform consumers. Content analysis of European and Greek legislation, notifications and penalties imposed on offenders was used to test the hypothesis and the research objectives. The results showed an excessive number of violations of toy safety standards notified to Member States of the EU through the RAPEX system. Greece, despite delayed harmonisation with EU directives and poor information provided to consumers (parents, teachers, children's caregivers, toy librarians), has taken measures to restrict or prevent the distribution of faulty products.
author2 Katsikonouri, Effrosyni
author_facet Katsikonouri, Effrosyni
Κατσικονούρη, Ευφροσύνη
Ρήγα, Βασιλική
format Journal (paper)
author Κατσικονούρη, Ευφροσύνη
Ρήγα, Βασιλική
author_sort Κατσικονούρη, Ευφροσύνη
title The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
title_short The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
title_full The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
title_fullStr The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
title_full_unstemmed The European and Greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
title_sort european and greek legislation on preschool children's protection from the use of unsafe toys
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/10889/7810
work_keys_str_mv AT katsikonourēeuphrosynē theeuropeanandgreeklegislationonpreschoolchildrensprotectionfromtheuseofunsafetoys
AT rēgabasilikē theeuropeanandgreeklegislationonpreschoolchildrensprotectionfromtheuseofunsafetoys
AT katsikonourēeuphrosynē europeanandgreeklegislationonpreschoolchildrensprotectionfromtheuseofunsafetoys
AT rēgabasilikē europeanandgreeklegislationonpreschoolchildrensprotectionfromtheuseofunsafetoys
_version_ 1799945015547396096