PROSAFE Project: Best Practice Market Surveillance Dirk Meijer Chairman of PROSAFE

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PROSAFE ProjectBest Practice Market
SurveillanceDirk Meijer Chairman of PROSAFE


PROSAFE
the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe
PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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- Introduction of PROSAFE- The Best Practice
Project


PROSAFE
the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe
PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement
Forum of Europe

• PROSAFE
• Informal organisation
• Market Surveillance Organisations
• Throughout Europe
• Safety of Consumer Products

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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe
The aim of PROSAFE is to promote the achievement
of effective, efficient, and fair enforcement of
product safety legislation in Europe
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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe

• The European Commission has put a lot of effort
  into harmonising legislation within Europe. All
  these efforts will gain in effectiveness when
  enforcement is harmonised.
• This will lead to the Best Practice Project

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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe
PROSAFE Project Best Practice in Market
Surveillance
Core Objective To ensure a basic level of best
practice techniques cross-sharing of
information and expertise in market surveillance.
PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe

• Through this project, participants will be able
  to
• Share expertise regarding market surveillance
• Together identify and document best practice
  techniques
• Establish guidelines / handbooks on market
  surveillance
• Develop procedures based on best practice
  techniques
• Develop training educational systems for
  officers

PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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Our ultimate objectives have always been the
same

• To achieve an equivalent level of consumer
  protection
• throughout the market
• To ensure free circulation of safe products
  within the market
• To eliminate unfair competition whilst
  maintaining a
• level playing field

Working together may help us achieve our
objectives more effectively . . .
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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe
PROSAFE project

• WP 1 Cross-sharing of information
• WP 2 Advise on market surveillance issues
• WP 3 Inspection programmes and techniques
• WP 4 Risk assessment
• WP 5 Coordination and Secretariat
• WP 6 Dissemination

PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe

• FUNDING
• European Commission financial
• Several Member States financial
• All participants in kind
• 1.6 million Euros to cover the production of
  guidelines and setting up joint-actions and
  mutual accessible knowledge bases.

PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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PROSAFE the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of
Europe

• Predicted outcome
• Knowledge base
• Advice body
• Handbook best practice techniques
• Handbook risk assessment
• Strategy document
• Improvement of market surveillance

PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate
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PROSAFE the Product Safety
Enforcement Forum of Europe
Thank you for your attention
PROSAFE PROJECT Best Practice Market
Surveillance Funded by the European Commission,
DGSANCO, Consumer Affairs Directorate