Producers are required to place only safe products on the market.

Producers must take into account the characteristics of the product such as composition or packaging; its effects on other products where it is foreseeable that it will be used with other products; the presentation of the product, its labelling and any instructions for its use and disposal; and the categories of consumers at serious risk when using the products, in particular children.

There are also Community rules governing liability for defective products. If a consumer is the victim of a defective product, the producer of that product will be liable to damage caused by the fact that the product did not offer the safety which could reasonably have been expected.