Transcript Market Surveillance in the Republic of Moldova Bratislava 2007 Maria Bizgu, MoldovaStandard General vision  The citizens, no matter in which country they live have the right.

Market Surveillance
in the Republic of
Moldova
Bratislava 2007
Maria Bizgu, MoldovaStandard
General vision
 The
citizens, no matter in which
country they live have the right to be
protected from the products that can
affect their life and health
 Although legislative and institutional
framework can differ from country to
country, the main principles regarding
market surveillance are the same.
The recent changes
 The
willingness and efforts of Republic
of Moldova to integrate in the European
and international space
 The adhesion to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) in 2001
 Developping of technical regulations
elaboration
 The voluntary application of standards
Legislative framework
 Law
concerning technical
regulation activity
 Consumer protection law
 General products safety law
 Government Decision
“Concerning improvement of
state inspection system”
The main principles of MS in
Moldova
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Market surveillance is the task of the
public authorities
 Market surveillance can be performed
regarding every product , at every
economic operator, no matter the type of
ownership and form of organization
 The market surveillance may use the
testing laboratories of other bodies with
condition that there is no conflict of
interest and that the responsibility for
decision making is by the market
surveillance authority
The main principles of MS in
Moldova
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The decisions regarding sanctions in case of
non conform products should be made taking
in the consideration the principle of
proportionality
 The bodies for conformity assessment are
not allowed to perform market surveillance
 The controls are on the selective base in
order to find out the common problems
 One of the goals of market surveillance is to
prevent the infringements by different forms
of collaboration with the economic operators
The terminology
Market
surveillance
Control or Inspection
Planned control
Thematically control
Institutional structure
 The
State Inspectorate for market
surveillance, Metrology and
Consumer Protection
 The State Inspectorate in
energetic field
 State Construction Inspectorate
 State Communication
Inspectorate
Testing laboratories used in market
surveillance
 The
market surveillance authorities
do not have in their structure testing
laboratories
 There are used the accredited
laboratories
 There are one hundred thirty
accredited laboratories in different
fields
Conclusions
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The comparative analysis of the market surveillance
system in the Republic of Moldova and the European
Union allows drawing following main conclusions:
In December 2006 the important horizontal legislation
provided the general safety rules for non-food products
and the main principles of caring out of market
surveillance, namely the Law on General Product Safety
and the Law on Technical Regulations, have been adopted
in Moldova
Together with the Law on Consumers protection (2003)
and a number of vertical legislation – the Law on Electric
Energy, the Law on Gas and the Law on Quality in
Construction – it has established the legal basis for market
surveillance in Moldova.
Conclusions
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It is very important, the new adopted legislation assure, at
least at the legal level, the following European principles:
the only products which do not endanger a person’s health
and safety can be placed on the market
Market surveillance is the responsibility of public
authorities, and these authorities need to have the
necessary resources and powers for their surveillance
activities, ensure technical competence and professional
integrity of their personnel, and act in an independent and
non-discriminatory way respecting the principle of
proportionality
Market surveillance involves two main stages: (i)
monitoring of products placed on the market to ensure that
these products comply with the provisions of the
applicable national legislation, and (ii) subsequently, when
necessary, taking action to establish conformity
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attention