The meeting reviewed the work done by the MARS Group as well as recent developments in the area of market surveillance. The main issues discussed were:

• Draft UNECE Recommendation “M” on the “Use of Market Surveillance Infrastructure as a Complementary Means to Protect Consumers and Users Against Counterfeit Goods”


• Market Surveillance in the European Union (EU) and it proposed reform


• National Market surveillance approaches and experiences


• Identification of common problems for future work and preparation of conclusions

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• Draft Recommendation "M" 


• Belarus


• Brazil


• Bulgaria


• Indonesia


• Romania
  General
  System of Special Equipment Safety Supervision
  Enforcement of the EU Directives on Industrial Products
  BRML   [doc]  [ppt]


• Slovakia
  Consumer Protection   [doc]  [ppt]
  Different measures for improving market protection  [doc]  [ppt]
  Experience of bodies for labour inspection  [Eng]  [Rus]


• Sweden
  Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (SWEDAC)
  General Product Safety Directive (GPSD)


• European Commission

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Download the report of the meeting .doc