1. Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies
(WP. 6)

2. Current work items GMSP: Glossary
a general model for supporting the decision making process of market surveillance authorities from the phase of planning of inspections to the phase of product recall, in accordance with their own national legislation
development of the MS sampling sub-procedures
Glossary
List of terms and their definitions relevant to market surveillance and post-market surveillance of non-food products.
to promote a common understanding of and to harmonize such terms and definitions used in national legislation
Market surveillance contacts database
Information on authorities responsible for each sector in each country
Reference to the legislative mandate
Use of risk management tools in market surveillance to:
Plan inspections, decisions on sanctions, communication obligations
Develop dangerous goods data-banks
Balance between legitimate security and consumer safety concerns/business efficiency

3. Glossary Purpose of the publication: promote better understanding
Main sources used: ISO standards/EU regulations/WTO document
Next steps: invite countries to submit different terms used 3

4. Market surveillance database
Purpose: not for authorities, but for exporters, economic operators
Data from many countries: EU, CIS, China, Egypt, Switzerland…
Next steps: make database searchable/expand 4