Transcript Steinlova Kvetoslava - MARS Rapporteur • UNECE International Seminar on Product Safety and Counterfeiting (2007) • Second UNECE Forum on Market Surveillance and Consumer.

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“ Group
2003 - 2007
Piešťany - 2003
High Tatras – 2004, 2005
Bratislava – 2006, 2007
First meeting - Piešťany September
2003
Establishment of Groups of „facilitators“ for individual
topics
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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
Market Surveillance
Second meeting in April 2004, High
Tatras
to improve the l cooperation between organizations
responsible for and carrying out market inspections, custom
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
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
Previous Report of MARS
to WP.6 UNECE
Geneva, 24 – 26 October 2005
Summary of facilitator´s work
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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
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http://www.prosafe.org
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://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
PROSAFE
the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe
PROSAFE project:
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Cross-sharing of information
Advise on market surveillance issues
Inspection programmes and techniques
Risk assessment
Coordination and Secretariat
Dissemination
PROSAFE PROJECT
Best Practice Market Surveillance
Funded by the European Commission, DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
GPSD
NETWORK
LVD-ADCO
PROSAFE
TOY-ADCO
PPE-ADCO
Our ultimate objectives have always
been the same:
• To achieve an equivalent level of consumer protection
throughout the market
• To ensure free circulation of safe products within the market
• To eliminate unfair competition whilst maintaining a
level playing field
Working together may help us achieve
our objectives more effectively . . .
Pre Market Control
(Preventive)
low
Risk level
high
registration production/distribution
of product license
conformity assessment
by CABs
assessment by
competent authority
According to Government Regulation No 102, CABs must be
accredited or recognized by National Accreditation Body of
Indonesia (KAN) – Mr. Sunarya
Birna Hreidarsdottir, Legal Consultant
[email protected]
Information Notice
Creation of
Guidelines on Good Practices in Market
Surveillance 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, Bratislava
24 – 26 September 2006
For details see:
ECE/TRADE/WP.6/2007/9
• 5th MARS-Group Meeting, Bratislava
11 – 12 December 2007
Anna Karlsson – Sweedish Example:
Ordinance on market surveillance
Guidelines
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 activities
when suitable
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
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 Testing
looking forward to meet you on the next MARS meeting