International Product Safety Week 2014
Representatives from authorities, industry, consumer organisations and other stakeholders from across the world will gather on 16-20 June in Brussels…
Read moreRevised guidelines to EU product legislation
The Blue Guide provides guidance to EU product legislation which is based on the legislative method called the New Approach…
Read moreEight revised product directives published
On the 29th March, the last eight directives in the so called “alignment package” were published in the Official Journal…
Read moreTurkey and Sweden exchange experiences on market surveillance
Yasemin Demđrcđoğlu, Head of Department at the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, is being interviewed by the web…
Read moreRequest for revision of powers and sanctions
The Market Surveillance Council has identified the need for a revision of existing legislation with regard to the powers and…
Read moreSweden and Lithuania exchanging ideas
During one week staff members from the State Non Food Products Inspectorate in Lithuania visited the market surveillance authorities in…
Read moreA vision for the internal market
A more coherent EU legislation, electronic market surveillance, abstracts of harmonized standards freely available, reduced administrative burdens on companies, harmonized…
Read moreLithuania and Sweden exchanging information on market surveillance
From left: Amina Makboul Market Surveillance Coordinator at Swedac, Virginijus Jusys, Karolis Ruzgys and Skirmantė Ambrazienė, Chief State Inspectors from…
Read moreGuidelines for recalls
For business to take appropriate corrective actions when discovering that their products are not safe can be a difficult task….
Read moreEU guidelines for import control
To stop dangerous products already at the border is an important objective for customs and market surveillance authorities in the…
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