Transcript Activities of MARS WP.6 UNECE Activities of the UNECE „MARS“ Group by Mr.

Activities of MARS
WP.6
UNECE
Activities of the UNECE „MARS“ Group
by Mr. Arpád Gonda
President of SOSMT, Bratislava
Geneva, 24 – 26 October 2005
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the Second UNECE International Forum on
Market Surveillance and Consumer Protection, which
takes place in frame of the 15th. meeting of the Working
Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization
Policies. Its goal is above all identify good practices in the
area of market surveillance, to look into current problems
of operating market surveillance systems and to consider
areas of interest for trans-national cooperation.
Nowadays is much more demanding to ensure the
competitiveness with regard to growing requirements for
enterpreneurship, which close relates to such aspects, as
are the increasing consumers´requirements, rapid
technical and technological changes and greater
requirements for protection of environment and all these
aspects under conditions (in the atmosphere) of satisfied
market.
Into focus comes not only the economical aspect,
expressed by the requirements for high performance
and low costs, but innovation shall be supported by the
ability to reduce time, necessary for getting products on
the market. Increasing consumers´ requirements shall
be fulfiled by the products and services of higher
quality. Common concern of public authorities and
consumer is safety of products, which is also covered by
the European Directive 2001/95/EC on general safety of
products. The global market provide the business sphere
with the enlargement of the area for business, new
investment opportunities and penetration of
entrepreneur subjects at the world market.
European Commission has determined a direct framework
of these bodies by which they must proceed when the
system of market surveillance is concerned. Market
surveillance is the main instrument for implementation of
New Approach Directives via measures in order to monitor
that all products are in accord with requirements of
directives in force as well as to monitor that appropriate
sanctions has been imposed in case that products were not
in accord with directives in force. The main goal of this
procedure is to protect not only consumers interests, staff
and other users but also interests of economic keepers
against unfair competition.
http://www.prosafe.org
Directive on General Safety of Products 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.
Member States must ensure efficient communication and
co-ordination on national level within market surveillance
bodies and other bodies working in the field of goods
safety (bodies for safety and human health and customs
bodies). Measures within the analysis of risks and
management of risk put forward by market surveillance
bodies should correlate with activities of customs bodies.
Market surveillance is efficient when resources are
focused on the fields with higher risk of discord or when
particular interest may be identified.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/rapex/rapex_en.cfm
RAPEX - Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products
PRODUCT SAFETY IN EUROPE:
A Guide to corrective action
including recalls
http://europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/cons_safe/action_guide_en.pdf
First International Forum on Market Surveillance
initiated the establishment of the Advisory Group of
Experts on Market Surveillance, which works within the
WG.6. At this plathorm take place meetings of market
surveillance representantives from Europe and countries
of Community of Independent States, European
Commission representantives and UNECE Secretary, as
well as the representatives of private sector and
consumer´s organisations. Slovak Republic is very proud
of being entrusted with this task. Since its establishment
three meetings of this ad hoc group has been organised in
famous mountains and spa of the Slovak Republic.
First meeting - Piešťany September 2003
Selection of the market surveillance priority for succesful
global co-operation
Establishment of Groups of „facilitators“ for individual
topics
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Terminology
Information exchange
Reference list – self-assessment
Possibility of adapting ISO 9000 or other quality
management systems to the work of Market
Surveillance
market surveillance priority for succesful
global co-operation
• Product liability and legal framework
• Protection of consumers against fraud
and counterfeited goods
• Generic guidelines for good practice in
Market Surveillance
Second meeting in April 2004, High
Tatras
Goals for further work:
to improve the mutual cooperation between organizations
responsible for and carying out market inspections on the one
hand and between these organizations and custom authorities
and police on the other hand
-to suggest solutions on how to improve cooperation with
manufacturers and importers of brand name products, to
enable the market authorities to identifiy counterfeit and
non-authentic products
to recommend to Governments to consider introducing
a quality systems within Market Surveillance authorities
Goals for further work:
- to examine the possibility of using an information exchange
system on dangerous products
- to draw up „Guidelines on Good Practices in Market
Surveillance Activities“
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to enhance consumer awareness by cooperation with
public authorities and organizations responsible for
consumer protection
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to collect the results and present them to the WP.6 plenary
session
Third MARS meeting in April 2005,
High Tatras
In conjuction with
CEFTA meeting on
conformity assessment
and market
surveillance
MARS 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
MARS
= global co-operation
For facilitating the trade and fair
competition having only „white
sheeps“ on the market
For better protection of consumers
and environment
For better quality of life
Invitation to joint to the facilitator groups
• Terminology (Bulgarien)
• Information exchange
• Reference list
• Quality system of Market Surveillance
• Product liability and legal framework
• Anti fraud and conterfeited goods
• Generic guidelines for good practice
High Tatras ( March 2006 ?)
Slovak Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing
looking forward to meet you on the neext MARS
meeting