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Market Sectorial Surveillance of Non Food Products Program in Lithuania

Market Sectorial Surveillance of Non Food Products Program in Lithuania. Aleksas Žalpys State Chief Inspector Products Control Department STATE NON FOOD PRODUCTS INSPECTORATE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA. Country Overview.

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Market Sectorial Surveillance of Non Food Products Program in Lithuania

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  1. Market Sectorial Surveillance of Non Food Products Program in Lithuania Aleksas Žalpys StateChiefInspector ProductsControlDepartment STATE NON FOOD PRODUCTS INSPECTORATE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

  2. Country • Overview

  3. established on the 1st of July, 2000 • 10 regional units across Lithuania • 110 employees, 85 of this number-state inspectors About the Inspectorate

  4. Regional units across Lithuania

  5. 2009 the Quality management system of the Inspectorate corresponding to the LST EN ISO 9001:2008 standard certified QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ISO 9001:2008

  6. market surveillance of non food products forsafety and marking/labeling requirements • consumer rights protection, investigation of consumer complaints • promotion of fair competition in the market The main objectives of SNFPI

  7. SNFPI functions • to control that products placed on the market conform to all relevant mandatory requirements for safety, marking and other legal acts • to investigate consumer complaints regarding quality of non-food products and to protect consumer rights • to consult and inform manufacturers, service providers, importers and sellers about the issues of non food products and services

  8. planning visual checking Yes taking samples No checking documents testing case investigation No Yes No restriction measures Yes publication end of case The Scheme of MarketControl

  9. Processofcontrol • Planning of checks • Physical inspection: • Visual • Documental • Testing (Screen testing/sampling for Accreditated testing) • Enforcement: • Assessment of results • Sanctions (if needed) • Data base imput • Publicity (if needed) • Folow-up actions planning, depending of Risk (e.g. Double-check)

  10. Places/areasofcontrol • Shops : • Wholesale • Retail • Marketplaces • Catalogue / internet sales • Customsstorage

  11. Selection ofplacesofcontrol: Selection - onthebasisof Risk analysisofEconomicoperator Criteria: • Large (hypermarkets, sale networks) • Small (specialised) • Not visitedbefore • Already visited – onthebasisofinformationfromprevious checks

  12. BENEFITS OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCESenergy labeling Acquiring and using more efficient appliances, reducing electricity consumption. The electricity consumption is decreasing in this way of effective energy use when producing electrical energy (environmental pollution, especially when fossil fuel is used in the electrical energy production) Energy labels are not only energy efficiency labeling, but it is also the information about the device main technical data and information on noise, water consumption, etc. The market is supplied with electrical energy using appliances that met the energy labeling requirements, and the buyer, taking into account the energy efficiency of the device and its financial capacity, choose which device to buy. www.newenergylabel.eu

  13. Requirements for the actors of supply chain Manufacturers must establish the product's ecological profile. It must be based on environmentally relevant product characteristics and inputs/outputs throughout the product life cycle expressed in physical quantities that can be measured. Wholsalers/Retailersmust: • To issuethelabelaccording to requirementsoflegalacts; • to attach the label in a clearly visible way outside on the front or top of the product.

  14. Electric energy power consumptionrequirements according to EU regulation Nr. 1275/2008 a) Power consumption in off mode : • equipment in any off mode condition power consumption shall not exceed1,00 W; b) Power consumption in standby mode : • equipment in any condition providing only a reactivation function, or only a reactivation function and information of enabled reactivation function display, power consumption shall not exceed1,00 W; • equipment in any condition providing only information or status display, or only a reactivation function and information or status display, also a combination of electric energy consumption shall be no more than2,00 W; c) off and (or) standby mode equipment if it is inappropriate for its intended use, provide off mode and (or) of standby mode and (or) any other condition which does not exceed the off-and (or) the standby power consumption requirements, when the equipment is connected to the mains power source.

  15. ENERGY LABELING REGULATIONS Household appliances energy and other resource consumption, labeling and standard product information on these devices : • Household electric refrigerators, freezers or combinations of energy labeling • Household washing machines energy label • Household electric tumble dryer energy labeling • Combined household washing machines with dryers for energy labeling • Household energy labeling for dishwashers • Household lamp and luminaires energy labeling • Household air-conditioning energy consumption labeling • Household electric ovens energy labeling • TV energy labeling • Tyres energy labeling • Vacuum cleaners energy labelling Applies to built-in appliances, products displayed in furniture or design products, and products with packaging.

  16. Physical inspection • Physical inspection: • Type of Appliance selection for checking • Visual checking • Checking of Documents • Testing (Screen testing in case suspicion of nonconformity) • Sampling for testing in Accreditated laboratory (in case of negative results of Screen testing) • Recording of findings (Using of check-list – it is recomended) • Proposal for Sanctions (if needed) • Feedback of the results to Economic operator • INFO Data base imput

  17. Screen testing equipmentforEcodesignrequirements

  18. REGULATIONS OF THE 2010/30/EU DIRECTIVE The Directive applies to energy-related products, which have a significant direct or indirect impact on energy and, where relevant, other essential resources consumption. The Commission should give priority to energy-related products list, which can be taken as a delegated act under this Directive. The scope of the Directive to energy-related products, which have a significant direct or indirect impact on energy use, could reinforce the potential impact of existing legal instruments. Accurate, relevant and comparable information on energy-related products in specific energy consumption casesshould influence the end-user's choice of products which directlyor indirectly consume by using less energy and other essential resources, and thus prompting manufacturers to take steps to ensure that their products are consumed by less energy and other essential resources.

  19. Examples of the new label format:

  20. REGULATIONS OF THE 2010/30/EU DIRECTIVE TIRE LABEL • Labelmustcontainsuchinformation: • Energyconsumption • Wetgrip • Theexternalrollingnoise • Tire class(C1 orC2) • Label consists of two parts: label and brand position. Brand space: Suppliers should pointnotonly the label, but also in its own brand name , tire line, tire size, load index, speed rating and other technical specifications of any color, format and if it does not detract from the label information or prevent its view. 220mm 110 mm 75 mm

  21. Incorrect labelling - evidence (1) • No labels at all • Only old label’s data strip • More then one different data strips • Free stile (Do-It-Yourself) labels made by producer • Free stile (Do-It-Yourself)own labels made by the wholsaller/retailer • 2 colors (black and white )copy made by the seller

  22. Incorrect labelling - evidence (2) • Label placed not visibly on top or in front of the product • Label placed on product only (sold in a box) • Label placed on box only not on product if product sold in a box • Different labels (Inside old Outside new label or oposit) • Aditional information (not required) covering the energy data

  23. Results of checks of non-food products carried out by product groups

  24. Results of checks of non-food products carried out by products types under theEcodesign and Energy Labelling directives 2012 98 types of refrigerators and freezers (21 - did not match the requirements,2 - without the energy labeling), 18 types of fluorescent lighting ballasts (4 did not match the requirements), 42 types of household lamps (5 - did not match the requirements, 2 - without energy labeling), 9 types of electric ovens (2 - without energy labeling), 4 types of air conditioners (1- did not match the requirements), 5 types of household dishwashers (2 - without energy labeling), 21 type washing machines (12 did not meet the requirements , 11 without energy labeling) 2013 180 types of refrigerators and freezers (64 did not match the requirements), 2 types of fluorescent lighting ballasts, 107 types of household lamps (24 types did not match the requirements), 14 types of electric ovens (6 did not match the requirements), 5 types of air conditioners (3 did not match the requirements), 10 types of household dishwashers (5 did not match the requirements), 82 types washing machines (28 did not match the requirements, 8 - without energy labeling)

  25. International projects InternationalCooperation • Cooperation with Estonia and Latvia in the field of consumer protection and market surveillance (Baltic Cooperation Agreement signed on June 16, 2005) • Cooperation with the Polish Trade Inspectorate • Implementation of PHARE/Transition Facility Twinning Light projectStrengthening administrative capacities in the field of non-food products risk assessmentin 2009 • PROSAFE project “Best Practice techniques, Enhancement of market surveillance of Consumer Product Safety within the framework of the GPSD” (EMARS II) (since 2008)

  26. International cooperation • A member of PROSAFE (European products safety forum) • Working group “Consumer Safety Network” (GPSD Committee, DG SANCO) • Committee of the EC on checks for conformity with the rules on product safety in the case of products imported from third countries • Administrative cooperation working groups (ADCO): • toy safety Directive (88/378/EEC) • machinery Directive (98/37/EC) • noise Directive (2000/14/EC) • LVD Directive (2006/95/EC) • pressure equipment Directive (2000/14/EC) • cosmetic products Directive (1223/2009/EC) • construction products Directive (89/106/EEC) • Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) • Energy Labelling Directive (2010/30/EU) Representation in the EU

  27. http://www.vnmpi.lt/index.php?id=212

  28. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! QUESTIONS ? http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/labelling/household_en.htm

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