Horizontal activities in Sweden

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Horizontal activities in Sweden
Hans-Eric Holmqvist, Director-General, SWEDAC

• CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN MARKET SURVEILLANCE
  PROGRAMMING
• Brussels, 10 - 11 March 2005

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What is SWEDAC?

• The Swedish Board for Accreditation and
  Conformity Assessment
• National accreditation body
• laboratories, certification and inspection
  bodies
• Central administrative authority
• conformity assessment procedures
• designation of notified bodies and conformity
  assessment bodies
• legal metrology and precious metals
• coordination of market surveillance

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Conference, 10-11 March
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Market surveillance in Sweden Transition from
pre-market approval to market surveillance

• Existing sector authorities responsible for
  market surveillance
• Financing through fees and reallocation of funds
• Appointment of a coordination and contact body
  (SWEDAC)

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Market surveillance authorities

• machinery, PPE (professional use), pressure
  equipment
• construction products, lifts, hot water boilers
• electrical products, EMC
• poisonous gas in gas equipment, chemicals
• GPSD, toys, PPE (private use)
• medical devices, medicines and associated
  products
• trans-European conventional and high-speed rail
  systems
• foodstuffs, including drinking water, wine,
  spirits
• radio and telecommunications terminal equipment
• electronic communications networks and services
• recreational crafts, marine equipment
• explosives, gas appliances, transportable
  pressure equipment

Authority
Product categories

• The Swedish Work Environment Authority
• The National Board of Housing, Building and
  Planning
• The National Electrical Safety Board
• The National Chemicals Inspectorate
• The National Consumer Agency
• The National Medical Products Agency
• The Swedish Rail Agency
• The National Food Administration
• The National Post and Telecom Agency
• The Swedish Radio and TV Authority
• The Swedish Maritime Administration
• The Swedish Rescue Services Agency

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Market surveillance authorities (cont.)
exhaust cleaning requirements for vehicles,
noise emissions products that contains sources of
radiation legal metrology, precious metals motor
vehicles, mobile machines
Authority
Product categories
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency The
Swedish Radiation Protection Authority SWEDAC The
National Road Administration
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Market surveillance coordinationSWEDACs
responsibilities 1

• A national consultation, contact and information
  body in overall matters and in matters of
  principle of a technical nature.
• A forum for exchange of information and
  experience at both national and international
  levels
• To monitor and evaluate market surveillance
  activities and initiate changes
• To maintain an up-to-date list of Swedish market
  surveillance authorities

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Conference, 10-11 March
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Market surveillance coordinationSWEDACs
responsibilities 2

• To publish annual reports
• To provide the secretariat to the Market
  Surveillance Council
• To serve as a contact point to EU bodies in
  overall matters and in matters of principle of a
  technical nature.

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Cooperation between authorities

• National cooperation
• Risk assessment
• Implementation of directives into national
  legislation
• Methods
• Education
• Information
• International cooperation

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Market Surveillance Council

• Representatives from
• Sector authorities
• Ministries
• Industry
• Consumer organizations
• Labour market parties

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Market surveillance problems

• Low priority within the authorities
• Lack of resources
• Lack of consistent strategies and systematic
  methods
• Insufficient cooperation
• Lack of efficient system for the exchange of
  information

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New government initiative

• Higher political profile Market surveillance
  should be conducted in the scale needed to grant
  that goods on the market fulfil the legal
  requirements. (Government bill 2004/0598)
• Specific targets for each agency
• Monitoring and reports to responsible ministers
• Enforced coordination of market surveillance
• Action plans

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Concluding remarks

• Political goals as a basis for priorities
• Efficient organization for cooperation
• Encourage cross border cooperation
• Sufficient resources
• Cross border cooperation

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Example of cooperation CE website
www.cemarkning.se
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