Consequently, the regulatory framework must be simple and exhaustive so that its implementation can be monitored transparently and fraud and distortion of competition can be avoided, particularly between domestic and imported products; it should also provide for the following: (a) a ban on the use of dangerous phthalates, determined on the basis of a risk assessment, (b) the adoption of rules on labelling on the basis of the precautionary principle, the main aim being to increase the awareness of and information to the parents and, in general, individuals who come into contact with children in the case of phthalates where there are indications that the substances are dangerous but they have not been banned.
Consequently, the regulatory framework must be simple and exhaustive so that its implementation can be monitored transparently and fraud and distortion of competition can be avoided, particularly between domestic and imported products; it should also provide for the following: (a) a ban on the use of dangerous phthalates, determined on the basis of a risk assessment, (b) the adoption of rules on labelling on the basis of the precautionary principle, the main aim being to increase the awareness of and information to the parents and, in general, individuals who come into contact with children in the case of phthalates where there are indications that the substances are dangerous but they have not been banned.