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Addressing technical standards, market surveillance, and quality infrastructure for better trade in Southeast Europe. Collaboration with governing bodies, businesses, and consumers to ensure product safety and quality. Proposals for regional cooperation and development support.
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Free movement of the goodsTechnical regulations and technical standards Zoran Grkov, director of IARM Head of UWG of TR TS UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Stack holders • Relevant ministries as regulators • Customs organs • Market surveillance bodies • Quality Infrastructure – I level • ISRM • IARM • BM • Quality Infrastructure – II level • Laboratories for testing and calibration • Certification bodies • Inspection bodies • Business Society • Producer and Manufacturers • Traders • Associations • Chamber of commerce • Consumers • Association for protection of consumers UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Relevant ministries - regulators • Prescribing of essential requirements of public interest • Protection of human common safety and health • Protection of health of animals and plants • Protection of environment • Protection of possible misleading • Principles: non discrimination, harmonization, equivalency, recognition, transparency UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Market surveillance • Repressive state functions • Customs organs • Control of the documents • Doubts in some characteristics • Relevant market surveillance bodies • Control of products that is incompliance with the prescribed regulations UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Quality Infrastructure – I level • Preventive functions • ISRM • Standards • IARM • Accreditation • BM • Providing of traceability and calibration UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Quality Infrastructure – II level • Preventive functions • Testing Laboratories • Testing on the base of standards • Calibration Laboratories • Calibration of testing and measuring equipment • Certification Bodies • Conformity assessment of the products with standards and regulations • Inspection (Control) Bodies • Conformity assessment of the products with standards and regulations UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Business Society • Producers and Manufacturers • Preventive activities to satisfy the regulations • How ? – Using the standards • Traders • Preventive activities to satisfy the regulations • How ? – Using the standards • Associations and Chamber of Commerce • On time information for the obligations UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Consumers • Consumers • Protected from unfair trade • On time information for the rights and for protection way • Association for protection of consumers • Improve the methods of information about – What is quality of product ? UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Present situation • New legal frame work • Established new institutions of QI – I level • New premises • Technical assistance – SMAQVa • IMIS equipment • Equipment for realization of NMS • Trainings UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Our plans • Prepare, Develop and Apply of TR based on NA directives • How ? – WG for Free movement of goods, 11 UWG, One of them is UWG for TR and TS • Prepare, Develop and Apply of escort standards based on EN • How ? – TCs, NS on the base of EN and International Standards • Strong and Large Promotion of the NA & GA concept between all Stack Holders • How ? – Using all type of media, organizing different type of workshops, seminars, round tables and … UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Our needs • Support of our programs for development of QI – II level • Equipment & Trainings • Support of our program for promotion of of the NA & GA concept between all Stack Holders • Workshops, Seminars, Round Tables, and … UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Our proposal for regional cooperation UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project
Thank you for your attention UNECE - SIDA Sout East Europe Regulatory Project