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“Strengthening of the Serbian system of Market
Surveillance for non-food and food products”
Presentation of the Project at
Consumer Protection seminar
Belgrade, 1st February 2013
TL/ KE1: Ivan Hendrikx
KE2: Paul Walker
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Introduction
Project synopsis
Features of the project
Coordination with other donors
Preliminary conclusions
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Purpose of the event
• Creating awareness about the project
• Networking between parties (beneficiaries - stakeholders –
other donors)
• Coordination between our Market Surveillance project and
the Consumer Protection project
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• Globalisation in business
• Limited resources for Market Surveillance actions
• Coping with (new) EU requirements
– Coordination
– Shift from pre- to post market surveillance
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Main beneficiary
• Ministry of Foreign and Internal Trade and
Telecommunications-Market Inspection (MTT-MI)
Other beneficiaries
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Water Management
(MAFWM)
• Ministry of Health (MoH) - Sanitary Inspection
• Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE) - Infrastructure
Quality Sector, Customs Administration
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Overall objective:
• To contribute to a high level of protection of consumers in
Serbia.
Purpose:
• The market surveillance system in Serbia is able to
effectively and efficiently perform its tasks and
responsibilities under the new legislation for product
safety and food safety, and to protect against products
that pose serious threats to health, safety, and the
environment.
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Result Area 1:
• Enhancing the technical capacity of MTT-MI and the other
beneficiaries, to include new rules and regulations aligned
with the acquis communautaire as well as support for
implementation and enforcement of relevant technical
legislation in agreement with the legal framework for
product safety in Serbia.
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Result Area 2:
• Facilitating and managing change in strategy
development of MS authorities and improving
cooperation as well as coordination.
• Support to development and implementation of strategic
and operational plans, a Management Information
System and support to the operation of the Product
Safety Council.
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Result Area 3:
• Facilitating and managing change in the operational
field by enhancing the market inspectors’ understanding
of legal and theoretical aspects of the new regulations.
• Enhancing MS Inspectors competence (practical,
general, legal, technical, inspection and other skills) to
enforce consumer protection.
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Project consortium
• This project is funded by EU and implemented by GFA
Consulting Group GmbH, in consortium with SIQ –
Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology, SFVS - State
Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Lithuania,
TSI - The Trading Standards Institute and TÜV Rheinland
Consulting GmbH.
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2. Project synopsis
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• EU funding 2.5 million Euros
• National funding 350,000 Euros
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Work plan
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Project Inception Phase
Task Area 0: Project Start-up, Management, Delivery Structures
Result Area 1: Legal Framework for Product Safety
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Inventory of regulations and directives to prioritise
Capacity-building of ministry staff on EU Technical
Regulations and transposal
Transposal and implementation of EU Technical Legislation
Result Area 2: Administrative Capacity and Coordination
A 2.1
A 2.2
A 2.3
Changing the approach to market surveillance
Establishment and implementation of management
information system
Support to operation of Product Safety Council
Result Area 3: Market Inspection
A 3.1
A 3.2
A 3.3
Human resource development system
Capacity-building on EU directives
Inspection skills
Visibility and Communication Strategy
Horizontal Issues
Final phase
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3. Features of the project
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Support of the Serbian MS strategy and the law on Market
Surveillance by an evidence based approach using the
„MS efficiency Model“
MS Action 1
% non-complying
products
Total relevant
products on
market
Test plan 1
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Amplifying effects
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Risk Assessment
number of products on market
Important Product Features to be assessed
Measurements uncertainties related to the testing
Public Relations
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Importance of a market surveillance model
• It shows the interaction between:
– Technical legislation (essential requirements),
conformity assessment (measurement uncertainty),
(product)standards, risk assessment
• Inspection services are part of conformity assessment
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Structure of the future Market Surveillance System
Legal Requirements
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NCR: Non-Conformity Rate
MS actions
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Management
Information
System
MIS
-Market Surveillance
Procedures
-Coordination
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Actual requirements
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Operational level
inspections
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Communications
National (NEPRO), Regional (RAPEX, ICSMS) and International
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• Meetings with other donors as follows:
– USAid – Business enabling project (E-inspection
software) but in Chemicals field
– GIZ – Quality Infrastructure project
– Consumer Protection project
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4.1 Definition of Market Surveillance (765, art. 2, p.35)
• “Shall mean the activities carried out and measures taken
by public authorities to ensure that products comply with
the requirements set out in the relevant Community
harmonisation legislation and do not endanger health,
safety or any other aspect of public interest protection.”
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4.2 General Product Safety Directive
• Applies to both harmonized and non-harmonized area
• In the harmonized area, this refers to technical legislation
of New Approach, Old Approach together with NLF (764,
765, 768) and GPSD
• GPSD could be seen in the harmonized area as a “safety
net”
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4.3 Market Surveillance performance (765, art. 19)
• Sampling shall be adequate
– This is a higher level requirement but no quantitative
information is given
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5. Preliminary conclusions
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• We have coordination with at least 3 donors in the main
field of the Project
– In particular we are considering the use of data of the
Consumer Complaints database in the MIS
• Coordination with the Consumer Protection Project could
be enhanced in:
– The GPSD area
– The performance setting of Market Surveillance actions
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