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Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 1 March 2005
I Information and
C Communication
S System for
M Market
S Surveillance
I C S M S
byLudwig Finkeldei
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 2 March 2005
CURRENT LACKS OF MARKET SURVEILLANCE
• Local market inspection bodies are lacking the means to interact and exchange important information quickly and in-time
• Current market inspection practices work merely on a REGIONAL level - while, in fact, markets work and companies operate INTERNATIONALLY and even GLOBALLY:
Market surveillance needs TEAMWORK !
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 3 March 2005
EFFECTIVE MARKET SURVEILLANCE NEEDS ...
quick and in-time INFORMATION and COMMUNICCATION on market inspection and surveillance measures conducted by other market inspection bodies
a DATA BASE covering all and any products distributed throughout Europe including up-to-date information on product TESTING (positive and negative)
EVALUATION TOOLS to compare existing testing methods and to ensure a uniform level of quality
efficient co-operation with CUSTOMS authorities
an attractive means to inform the PUBLIC about unsafe products (see also: requirements of Art. 16, revised General Product Safety Directive)
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 4 March 2005
European Market and ICSMS
ICSMS: initiated by the EU, Belgium, Sweden and Germany.
Austria and Luxemburg joined the system during the development phase.
Estonia started with the system in September 2003
Slovenia and the Netherlands started the trial in 2003.
United Kingdom started the trial in June 2004.
Switzerland started with the system in September 2004.
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 5 March 2005
Information and Communication System
Market Surveillance Authorities
EU Commission
Customs Distributor
Customers
ARCHITECTURE
Confidential Section
• Product Information
• Test results
• Measures taken• .......
Public Section
• Faulty products
• Voluntary recalls
• .......
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 6 March 2005
Which DIRECTIVES will be covered today ?
98/37/EC – Machinery Directive
73/23/EEC – Low Voltage Directive
88/378/EEC – Toy Safety Directive
97/23/EC – Pressure Equipment Directive
89/686/EEC – Personal Protective Equipment Directive
95/16/EC – Lift Directive
87/404/EEC – Simple Pressure Vessels Directive 94/25/EC – Recreational Craft Directive
2001/95/EC – General Product Safety Directive
89/336/EEC – Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) 1999/5/EC R&TTE – Radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment
90/396/EEC – Appliances Burning Gaseous Fuels
94/9/EC – Potentially explosive atmospheres
2001/14/EC – Noise Emission
... to be continued
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 7 March 2005
A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET will include data on:
• General information about the notifying authority
• Product identification criteria
• Distributor
• Relevant Provisions and Standards
• Conformity
• Depth and scope of testing
• Test results and a classification of defects
• Accidents occurred
• Measures taken by surveillance authority
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 8 March 2005
A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 9 March 2005
A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET cont‘ed
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 10 March 2005
A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET cont‘ed
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 11 March 2005
Fast exchange of information: information on unsafe products will be announced immediately
Immediate measures may be taken
Deterrence: „black sheep“ among manufacturers will be detected earlier and punished more effectively
Avoiding redundant work: Test results by one surveillance authority will be immediately made available to all other Member States
Strengthening co-operation with Customs authorities: The TARIC system is implemented within ICSMS
ADVANTAGES of ICSMS
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 12 March 2005
ADVANTAGES OF ICSMS, cont‘ed
Appropriate platform for complaints: in accordance with the newly revised General Product Safety Directive, ICSMS will create an attractive platform for citizens to address complaints
Templates of forms will be electronically accessible and may be filled in and submitted on-line
Uniform operating language, adequate translation options will be provided
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 13 March 2005
Service and availability
Training courses for users have been provided in the past and will be provided in the future on request.
Hotline (e-mail) and phone during the normal office hours (8 am to 5 pm).
Support in other cases within 1 working day
System availability 24 h/day with >99 % within the normal office hours.
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 14 March 2005
Development of costs
Annual cost for system providing will be splitted according to the “Key of Nice” (number of seats in the European Parliament).
Increasing number of participating Member States is directly correlated to decreasing operation costs for all of them.
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 15 March 2005
Further improvements of ICSMS
The objective of the project is to optimise ICSMS to make market surveillance in Europe more effective, efficient and transparent by:
• Further optimisation of the existing information system by connecting ICSMS to the RAPEX system.
• Improving the evaluation possibilities of ICSMS by integrating an evaluation module.
• Integration of all Member States languages into ICSMS in order to facilitate its use for all member states.
ICSMS 2
Ministry of Environment and Transport Baden-Württemberg 16 March 2005
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