1、Ensuring safer and fairer marketsBirgit WeidelActing Head of UnitEuropean CommissionDG for Internal Market,Industry,Entrepreneurship and SMEsUnit C.3 Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing SystemsLow Voltage Directive Based on the New Approach and the NLF:A high level of protection and free movement
2、 in the EU Essential requirements More than 700 voluntary harmonised standards Self-declaration of conformity CE markingDeepening the internal market LVD and EMC Working Party Interpretation issues Standardisation issues Enforcement issuesEvaluation of the LVD in 2018 Fit for purpose?Digitisation?No
3、n conforming products on the marketUnequal treatmentLack of trust into CE markingDistortion of competitionDifferences in enforcement in MSMarket surveillance -challenges Supply chains becoming very complex Operators established outside the EU Direct purchases by consumers through the internet Lack o
4、f resourcesMarket Surveillance Where do we come from,where do we go.a Member State competence Cooperation of MS in sectorial ADCOs Regulation 765/2008 an important step 2013 Commission Proposal on a Product Safety and Market Surveillance package 2015 Single Market Strategy Initiative on Enforcement
5、and Compliance(2017?)Market Surveillance tools Cooperation:ADCOs,Horizontal ADCO,Expert Group on Internal Market for Products(IMP)Market surveillance programmes Joint market surveillance actions Information exchange systems:RAPEX,ICSMS Safeguard clause procedurePromoting access to third country mark
6、ets I Promoting Free Trade at multilateral level Bilateral Free Trade AgreementsUSMercosurMexicoJapanAsiaAlready in force:Korea and Singapore European Neighbourhood PolicyEastern Europe and Mediterranean Countries Industrial and Regulatory