21. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 331/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) DECISION No 3092/94/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 7 December 1994 introducing a Community system of information on home and leisure accidents THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 129a (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189b of the Treaty (3), Whereas the establishment of a Community system of information on home and leisure accidents forms a component part of a policy on consumer protection and the prevention of accidents; whereas its importance in this respect can be seen from the fact that the data collected pursuant to the demonstration project set up by Decision 86/138/EEC (4}, are being put to specific uses by several Member States for the adoption of measures in the ared of product safety; Whereas Decision 93/683/EEC (3) introduced a system of information on home and leisure accidents for one year in 1993; whereas the objective of preventing accidents (1) O] No C 104, 12.4. 1994, p. 15 and OJ No C 157, 8. 6. 1994, p. 11. _ (2) OJ No C 195, 18. 7. 1994, p. 52 (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 5 May 1994 (O] No C 208, 25. 7. 1994, p. 396), Council common position of 11 July (O] No C 244, 31. 8. 1994, p. 83) and Decision of the European Parliament of 26 October 1994 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (4) OJ No L 109, 26.4. 1986, p. 23, as amended by Decision 90/534/EEC (O] No L 296, 27.10. 1990, p. 64). {5) OJ No L 319, 21. 12. 1993, p. 40. requires a longer period and whereas a four-year period seems appropriate; Whereas national policies on protection of the health and safety of consumers as well as on prevention of home and leisure accidents are already being implemented in all the Member States; whereas, however, it is necessary, due to the increasing circulation of products in the framework of the internal market, to provide for specific action in order to allow, in this internal market, identification of the products involved in accidents and the combination of circumstances which might lead to these accidents; whereas, for this purpose, it is desirable for national authorities to have sufficiently homogeneous instruments so that the conclusions of one Member State can, where appropriate, be used in other Member States as well as at Community level; Whereas, although the management of consumer safety is primarily the responsibility of each Member State, Community financial involvement can help the Member States to overcome the problems of the actual collection of data at national level; whereas the Commission must therefore provide coordination and contribute to the homogeneous implementation of action taken at national level, by promoting the dissemination of information on home and leisure accidents to all the competent authorities; Whereas a Community framework and Community financial assistance are necessary to avoid major distortions, since a number of Member States would not have the necessary resources to obtain by themselves the data on home and leisure accidents which help to establish a policy on consumer protection; Whereas steps should be. taken to ensure the overall quality of the data and, in the context of the internal market and Council Directive 92/59/EEC of 29 June