Steinlova Kvetoslava - MARS Rapporteur

• UNECE International Seminar on Product Safety and Counterfeiting (2007)

• Second UNECE Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumer Protection (together with 15th. meeting of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies - 2005)

• First UNECE Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumer Protection (15th. meeting of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies - 2002)

Activities of the UNECE „MARS“ Group2003 - 20072003 - 2007

Piešťany - 2003Piešťany - 2003High TatrasHigh Tatras – 2004, 2005 – 2004, 2005

Bratislava – 2006, 2007Bratislava – 2006, 2007

FFirst meetingirst meeting - - Piešťany September Piešťany September 20032003

Establishment of Groups of „facilitators“ for individual topics

• Terminology• Information exchange• Reference check list • Possibility of adapting ISO 9000 or other

quality management systems to the work of Market Surveillance

• Product liability and legal framework

• Protection of consumers against fraud and counterfeited goods

• Generic guidelines for good practice in Generic guidelines for good practice in Market SurveillanceMarket Surveillance

Second meeting in April 2004, Second meeting in April 2004, High TatrasHigh Tatras

to improve the l cooperation between organizations to improve the l cooperation between organizations responsible for and carrying out market inspectionsresponsible for and carrying out market inspections,, custom custom authorities and police authorities and police

to explore how to improve cooperation with manufacturers and importers of brand name products, to enable the market authorities to identify counterfeit and non-authentic products

to recommend to Governments to consider introducing a quality systems within Market Surveillance authorities

Third MARS meeting in April 2005,High Tatras

In conjunction with In conjunction with CEFTA meeting on CEFTA meeting on conformity assessment conformity assessment and market and market surveillancesurveillance

MARS and CEFTA 2005MARS and CEFTA 2005

• joint discussions and contributions from national from various sub-regions.

• shared information on the current situation of Market Surveillance in various countries, particularly in those which had already acceded to

the European Union and in candidate countries. • importance of closer cooperation at national level

between different Market Surveillance authorities

• new participants in MARS facilitator tasks

Previous Report of MARS

to WP.6 UNECE

Geneva, 24 – 26 October 2005

Summary of facilitator´s workSummary of facilitator´s work

Terminology – (Annex A) Information exchange – Annex B Reference list – see Prosafe Quality system of Market

Surveillance – CAF Product liability and legal framework Anti fraud and counterfeited goods –

see Recommendation „M“ Generic guidelines for good practice --

Information exchange and Check list based on Directive on General Safety of Products, which provides exact description of obligations for Member States of EU to organise market surveillance and to implement appropriate instrument of inspection.

This Directive can be used as a reference for market surveillance operated within New Approach Directives regarding to consumer goods.

http://www.prosafe.org

RAPEX - Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products

http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/rapex/rapex_en.cfm

http://europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/cons_safe/action_guide_en.pdf

PRODUCT SAFETY IN EUROPE:A Guide to corrective action including recalls

• WP 1: WP 1: Cross-sharing of informationCross-sharing of information

• WP 2: WP 2: Advise on market surveillance issuesAdvise on market surveillance issues

• WP 3: WP 3: Inspection programmes and techniquesInspection programmes and techniques

• WP 4: WP 4: Risk assessmentRisk assessment

• WP 5: WP 5: Coordination and SecretariatCoordination and Secretariat

• WP 6: WP 6: DisseminationDissemination

PROSAFEthe Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe

PROSAFE PROJECT

Best Practice Market Surveillance

Funded by the European Commission, DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate

PROSAFE project:

PROSAFELVD-ADCO TOY-ADCO PPE-ADCOGPSD

NETWORK

• To achieve an equivalent level of consumer protection To achieve an equivalent level of consumer protection throughout the marketthroughout the market

• To ensure free circulation of safe products within the marketTo ensure free circulation of safe products within the market

• To eliminate unfair competition whilst maintaining a To eliminate unfair competition whilst maintaining a level playing fieldlevel playing field

Working together may help us achieve Working together may help us achieve our objectives more effectively . . .our objectives more effectively . . .

Our Our ultimate objectives have always ultimate objectives have always been the samebeen the same::

Pre Market Control Pre Market Control (Preventive)(Preventive)

Risk levellow high

conformity assessmentby CABs

registrationproduction/distributionof product license

assessment bycompetent authority

According to Government Regulation No 102, CABs must be accredited or recognized by National Accreditation Body of Indonesia

(KAN) – Mr. Sunarya

According to Government Regulation No 102, CABs must be accredited or recognized by National Accreditation Body of Indonesia

(KAN) – Mr. Sunarya

Birna Hreidarsdottir, Legal ConsultantBirna Hreidarsdottir, Legal Consultantbirna@bluewin.chbirna@bluewin.ch

Information NoticeInformation Notice

Creation ofCreation of

Guidelines on Good Practices in Market Guidelines on Good Practices in Market

Surveillance ActivitiesSurveillance Activities

MARS, Advisory Group on Market Surveillance

UNECE WP. 6, Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation

and Standardization Policies

Geneva, 22-24 November 2004

• 4th MARS-Group Meeting, Bratislava24 – 26 September 2006

For details see:

ECE/TRADE/WP.6/2007/9

• 5th MARS-Group Meeting, Bratislava11 – 12 December 2007

Anna Karlsson – Sweedish Example: Ordinance on market surveillanceGuidelines

The need for market surveillance shall be assessed for each product category, taking into account• characteristics of a product• risks associated with the product• results from previous market surveillance• foreseeable use• other authorities’ market surveillance activities

Authorities shall coordinate their market surveillance activitieswhen suitable

 

FFor facilitating the trade and fair or facilitating the trade and fair competitioncompetition having only „white having only „white sheeps“ on the marketsheeps“ on the market

MARSMARS = global co-operationglobal co-operation

For better protection of consumers For better protection of consumers and environmentand environment

For better quality of lifeFor better quality of life

New challenges for Market Surveillance on the UNECE level:

•Better understanding•Co-operation• Information exchange

Different level in Deregulation, Overregulation, Self regulation•among sectors (commodities)•among UNECE Countries

Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and TestingSlovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing looking forward to meet you on the next MARS meetinglooking forward to meet you on the next MARS meeting