General Product Safety Act in Chapter III specifies obligations of producers and distributors, who are required – in cases of finding a potentially unsafe product, which does not correspond to general safety requirement - to notify inspection office immediately.

Should producers and distributors estimate a serious risk, the notification must consist of at least the following information:

• data, which enable identification of a product or the series this product belongs to;
• a complete description of the risk a certain product presents;
• all available information, necessary for tracing the product on the market;
• a description of actions carried out in order to prevent risk to consumers.

Notifications must be sent to the following address: Trzni inspektorat RS, Parmova 33, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia or to e-address obvestila.tirs(at)gov.si.

Notificationin English is available in Annex 1 of the Guidelines.

Directorate of EU Commission for Health and Consumer Protection has published a helpful manual »Guidelines for Notifications of Dangerous Consumer Products to the Competent Authorities of the Member States by Producers and Distributors«, according to Article 5 (3) of Directive 2001/95/EC. This manual also specifies provisions of the notification form. 

Additional assistance for consumer protection with products, which are not safe, can be accessed on the website of consumer protection in EU »A Guide to Corrective Action Including Recalls«.

Notification in English is available in Annex 1 of the above mentioned Guidelines.