Joint Nordic Control of Dropshopping and other E-commerce

The Nordic enforcement project was a joint enforcement project for the market surveillance authorities within the Nordic Enforcement Group. The aim was to check the compliance level of chemical legislation in e-commerce in the Nordic countries as well as collecting best practices to enhance our work regarding enforcement of e-commerce of consumer goods. The project focused on three types of business models: online platforms, traders (web shops) and dropshipping traders. The overall results showed a high non-compliance rate; 147 (71 %) of the 210 controlled products inspected were found to be non-compliant. The results indicate that there is a lack of knowledge or an unwillingness to comply with the provisions in the chemicals legislation. This indicates that online trade needs to improve the proactive work with chemical safety.