No L 319/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 12, 93 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 29 October 1993 introducing a Community system of information on home and leisure accidents (93/683/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas the establishment of a Community system of information on home and leisure accidents forms a component part of a consumer protection policy ; whereas its importance in this respect can be seen from the fact that the data collected in pursuance of the demonstration project set up by Decision 86/138/EEC (%) are being put to specific uses by several Member States for the adoption of measures in the area of product safety; Whereas the completion of the internal market has increased the circulation of products within the Commu- nity ; whereas, in order to identify the products involved in accidents and the combination of circumstances which might lead to these accidents, it is desirable for national authorities to have sufficiently homogeneous instruments so that the conclusions of one Member State can, where () OJ No C 59, 2. 3. 1993, p. 10. () OJ No C 194, 19. 7. 1993, p. 366. () OJ No C 201, 26. 7. 1993, p. 6. () O] No L 109, 26. 4. 1986, p. 23. Decision as amended by De- cision 90/534/EEC (O] No L 296, 27. 10. 1990, p. 64). appropriate, be used for 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 activities conducted at national level by promoting the dissemination of informa- tion on home and leisure accidents to all the competent authorities ; Whereas a Community framework and Community financial assistance are necessary to avoid major distor- tions, 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 by the use of homogeneous basic methods and, in the context of the internal market and Council Directive 92/59/EEC of 29 June 1992 on general product safety (*) to make it possible for all Member States to collect the information needed for the monitoring of the products involved in accidents; whereas such data must normally be obtained from hospital casualty depart- ments, but alternative sources may be accepted under certain conditions ; () OJ No L 228, 11. 8. 1992, p. 24.