1. Enforcement and Product Safety
Dirk H. Meijer
Immediate Past President of PROSAFE
Project leader of the EMARS project
Chairman of ICPSC
Regional Director Southwest
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
The Netherlands

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This picture gives an impression of the different products we have to deal with, and you must realise this picture is by far not complete. For instance cosmetics are missing but also playground equipment and fairground attractions.
For a number of these products there are specific regulations based on European legislation. But for others the GPSD is the only applicable legislation, for example the chair, the step ladder, and the flyswatter.
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3. Contents of the Presentation
Role of the players in the field
Harmonisation of Legislation
Harmonisation of Market Surveillance
PROSAFE
EMARS
ICPSC
Conclusions

4. Marketsurveillance and Responsabilities
Producers
Placing safe products on the market
Consumers
Using a product safely
Government
Determining safety criteria and enforcement of legislation.

5. Harmonised Legislation
The European Commission made an enormous effort in establishing a harmonised system of Legislation in the EU
The efforts in setting up harmonised regulations will be hardly effective if the enforcement will not be harmonised

6. PROSAFE Informal organisation since 1991
Market Surveillance Organisations
Throughout Europe
Safety of Consumer Products
2002 Legal entity as Dutch “Stichting”
2007 Recognized by the EC as formal applicant
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7. Non Food Market Surveillance
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PROSAFE
Provides, collects and exchanges information on dangerous products
Encourages and enhances cooperation in product safety
Improves market surveillance
Develops understanding and practical solutions of common problems
Builds mutual confidence in product safety issues
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8. OBSERVERS: The aim of PROSAFE:
effective, efficient, and fair enforcement in Europe
Members: Market Surveillance and Enforcement Organisations in
EU, Candidate countries, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland
OBSERVERS:
European Commission / EFTA / ANEC / Eurosafe / Business organisations
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9. PROSAFE Project EMARS 2006 - 2008:
Enhancing Marketsurveillance through Best Practice
Core Objective:
Basic level of best practice techniques & cross-sharing of information
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10. Foreseen outcome of project
Knowledge base Advise body Handbook best practise techniques Handbook risk assessment Strategy document Improvement of market surveillance
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11. International cooperation between regulators
ICPSC: The International Consumer Product Safety Caucus Global Informal network Linked with Prosafe
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12. International cooperation between regulators
Objectives:
High level of consumer product safety
developing cooperation arrangements
facilitate surveillance and enforcement
exchanging information on best practices
identifying common needs
guidelines for international standards.
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13. Future Developments Future Developments of Prosafe EMARS II
Joint Actions
Playground equipment (Poland)
Lighting Chains (Hungary)
Lighters
Sunbeds
Toys
Cords and draw strings
Collaborative Studies

14. Conclusions
Within Europe we are on the brink of a structurized approach on Market Surveillance and Enforcement on a harmonized European Level.
Globally we can see the start of an analogous development