UNECE FORUM ON MARKET SURVEILLANCE , Geneva 29 October 2002

1. UNECE FORUM ON MARKET SURVEILLANCE , Geneva 29 October 2002 Market Surveillance in the European Union. Experience of a Member State: Finland Mr. Seppo Ahvenainen, Deputy Director General , Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland S.Ahvenainen/MTI

2. History … • Basic structure: from the beginning of the 1990’s • The EU membership of Finland in 1995 • Basis: Relevant Single Market rules and principles • Continuous development: based on changes in regulation and refocusing needs S.Ahvenainen/MTI

3. 338,000 sq. km • 5,2 million people • Capital Helsinki • 2 languages • Finnish • Swedish • GDP per capita 2000* FIM 149,000, USD 23,000 • a member of • the European Union • UN, OECD, WTO Finland S.Ahvenainen/MTI 3/2001

4. Basic characteristics and objectives… • To ensure that products entering into the Finnish market meet relevant health, safety and environmental requirements • Scope of the market surveillance concept • EU regulation (New Approach/CE-marking regime,…) • National non-harmonised regulation • Pre-market control: Manufacturer’s responsibility • Market surveillance in the EU: Based on national surveillance systems (subsidiarity) • Finnish system is a piece in the EU ”jig-saw puzzle” S.Ahvenainen/MTI

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6. …basic characteristics and objectives… • Organisational model depends on • the legal framework, • administrative structure (central/regional/local) • geographic characteristics • properties of the products (physical, chemical,…) • Distinctive roles and competencies of various parties • legislator (competent ministries,..) • surveillance authority • conformity assessment bodies (incl. notified bodies) • businessess (incl. manufacturers) S.Ahvenainen/MTI

7. …basic characteristics and objectives • Dimensioning depends on • industrial structure • structure and size of the product market • available surveillance resources (financing, personnel, competence, …) => Each country has its own optimum system! (Table 1: “Case Finland”) S.Ahvenainen/MTI

8. Performance aspects • Cooperation a key to performance • National level • within each product sector • across the product sectors • across the administrative levels • focal point • Supra national level (”Community level”) • within each product sectors • across the product sectors • Benchmarking and best practices S.Ahvenainen/MTI

9. Practical surveillance work … Typical operative steps SAMPLING/ BYING PRODUCTS EVALUATION HEARING TESTING DELIVERY BAN SALES BAN DECISION REACTIONS (incl. penalties) EU NOTIFICATION RECALL REMARK S.Ahvenainen/MTI

10. Practical surveillance work … SAMPLING STRATEGY • Selection of product is based on • Information from the market • Information from other authorities • Accident and incident statistics • Experience from market surveillance results • Information from other countries (notifications/information) S.Ahvenainen/MTI

11. Practical surveillance work … TEST RESULTS: electrical &emc S.Ahvenainen/MTI

12. Practical surveillance work … TESTS AND REACTIONS: electrical & emc S.Ahvenainen/MTI

13. Practical surveillance work … MARKET SURVEILLANCE RESULTS:Electrical &emc (Note: the share of defective products less 1 % of total set) S.Ahvenainen/MTI

14. Practical surveillance work … REACTIONS BY TYPE: electrical &emc S.Ahvenainen/MTI