UNECE – WP 6 on Regulatory cooperation Panel Session 1 – Market surveillance model initiative Geneva, By Guido De Jongh CEN/Management Centre - Brussels

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved Market surveillance and Standards: how to better co-operate ?  2008 CEN – all rights reserved 21/10/  Greater involvement of market surveillance bodies in standardization at national and European level  Strengthening cooperation between Standardisation bodies and Market Surveillance bodies in order to keep standards up to date in their field of interest

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved  2006 CEN – all rights reserved CEN/Technical Committee Directive (NA, GPSD,..) ENs National Standards Bodies Market Surveillance Authority Prosafe Toys, PPE Machinery, Rapex information system National Market Surveillance Authorities National Customs Authorities Custom Authority Forum (?) *** ? Notified body Market surveillance and Standards: how to better co-operate ?

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved  Interpretation of the standard  The need is for a quick and informal advice  Better co-operation between Member States: EMARS project  2006 CEN – all rights reserved Market surveillance and Standards: Practical issues

 2005 CEN – all rights reserved market surveillance and confidence in marking  One finding "Lack of market surveillance also reduces the confidence in the CE- mark since products might be CE marked and circulate freely on the internal market even if they are not safe or in compliance with relevant directives. This leads to a situation where room is given to other labels, private and/or national, that require costly third party certification for manufacturers. Those labels are often owned by one single company which means that the manufacturer must use a certain test house to get access to a certain market. As a result of lacking market surveillance a lot of producers are feel compelled to use costly ways to gain confidence for their products on the market.“ Source: study on 3 directives, for Teknikföretagen, the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries  2006 CEN – all rights reserved

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