7 市場監視

Under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, national market surveillance authorities have clear obligations to check products covered by Union harmonisation legislation made available on the Union market, to organise themselves and ensure coordination between themselves at the national level, and to cooperate at the EU level (276). Economic operators have the clear obligation to cooperate with the national market surveillance authorities and to take corrective action where necessary. National market surveillance authorities have the power to take appropriate sanctions in case of violation of legislative requirements.

Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 includes provisions on the control of products from third countries entering the Union market. It obliges national market surveillance and customs authorities to cooperate in order to ensure a seamless system. Such controls must be carried out in a non-discriminatory manner and on the basis of risk analysis.

The European Commission has the task to facilitate cooperation and the exchange of information between authorities across the EU. It aims to ensure that market surveillance is effectively EU-wide and that Member States can pool together their means, in particular through the Union Product Compliance Network (see point 7.6.3.3).