EMARS Workshop

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• EMARS Workshop
• Brussels 29-30.10.07
• WP3- inspection programmes and techniques.
• Gunnar Wold
• WP-3 coordinator

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• EMARS-main objective
• To ensure a basic level of Best Practice
  techniques and cross sharing of information and
  expertise in market surveillance.
• Main issues
• Share experiences and expertise regarding market
  surveillance
• Together identify and document best practice
  techniques
• Establish documents to promote a best common
  practice in market surveillance activities
• Establish recommendations for educational
  requirements and training programmes for market
  surveillance officers.
• To establish and test best practice for risk
  assessment for consumer products

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• Work Package 3-inspection programmes and
  techniques
• WP 3 team
• Coordinator Gunnar Wold
• Assistant Coordinator Noel Toledo
• Specific Coordinator for joint market
  surveillance programmes Marijn Colijn
• Consultants Fabio Gargantini, Torben Rahbek
  and Jan-Willem-Weijland

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Main deliveries for WP 3

• Identification of joint market surveillance
  projects to help identify together best practices
  in market surveillance.
• Report on Market Surveillance best practice
• Formulation of The Book Best Practice
  Techniques in Market Surveillance
• Include risk assessment as a part of best
  practice (WP 4)
• Identification of training needs and
  recommendations on how training programmes may be
  organized for market surveillance inspectors,
  including specific use of screening equipment
  needed.

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• Progress and development
• Workshop in UK dealing with several issues
  Training , The Book
• Preparation of text in progresss-first draft Book
  completed by end August 2007 and discussed in WP
  3 meeting in Brussels
• Presentation of various chapters in this
  Workshop.
• Draft proposal of Training Strategy by mid
  September. Revised doc. to be presented in this
  Workshop.
• Identification Coordination with five joint
  projects for 2007
• The Cord-Extension Sets Project by the LVD-ADCO
• Information from luminaires project in 2006( LVD
  ADCO)
• The Cigarette-lighters Project by Stichting
  Prosafe
• Safe play in the playground by OCCP in Poland
• Christmas lighting chains by Hungary

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• Progress and development(cont)
• Presentation of market surveillance plans for
  2008 and initiate possible cross border market
  surveillance activities
• Present the draft inventory of handbook in order
  to give comments to the inventory based on best
  practice and experience( possibly utilize the
  information in relation with market surveillance
  activities).
• Presentation and and discussion of common
  training needs and best practices for market
  surveillance officers involved in various
  consumer product sectors in the UK
• Presentation of ongoing market surveillance
  projects-coordination with EMARS WP 3.

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• Expected issues to be discussed by Participants
• Planning procedures including human resources,
  competence and financial aspects.
• Risk management sorting out products or product
  groups
• Risk assessment procedures for products
• Project plan set up
• Market review list of clients to be inspected
• Cooperation with customs
• Test on spot including test equipment
• Test labs requirements, performance, agreements
  and communication
• Analyzing and assessment of results
• Reporting including follow up( sales ban,
  withdrawal and recall)
• Information to consumers and media
• Cross border share of experiences
• Training programme

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• Feedback wanted( to be elaborated more in
  detail)
• Are written procedures easy to understand and to
  apply?
• Do procedures seem adequate and are they in
  accordance with current practice?
• Are some of the procedures too comprehensive is
  there a need for simplification?
• Do you miss any procedures in planning,
  performing,reporting and analyzing market
  surveillance actions.
• BY
• Review of documents and give written comments
• Compare with national documents on the same
  issues.
• Use documents in project management
• National Working Groups within EMARS(resources
  allocated to EMARS)

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How can we participate more . . .

• 2008
• Further coordination and sharing of experiences
  with the GPSD NETWORK and ADCO Groups, in
  particular, LVD-ADCO, TOY-ADCO and PPE-ADCO.
• Through possible joint projects in 2008
• Through cross-feedback/interaction at Member
  State level.
• Active participation in improving the Draft
  Book.
• Participate in workshop spring 2008.
• Focus on training systems and give further input
  

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• Participation 2008
• A high participation level in the Spring Workshop
  which will launch the first complete version
  of the Book.
• Active feedback within stipulated time-frame so
  as to finalise the Book on time. Test draft Book
  on a national basis and give input to WP 3 from
  now until spring 2008.(Rewieving period)
• Identify and perform possible joint market
  surveillance projects in order to test parts of
  draft Handbook and give feedback to WP 3.
• Give input to the training strategy by end this
  year.
• Contribute in developing training programmes.
• Participation in Final Conference in Autumn 2008
  Launching of the Guide.

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For further information on Work Package 3
details Mr. Gunnar Wold, WP3 Coordinator Email
Gunnar.Wold_at_dsb.no OR Mr. Noel Toledo, WP3
Assistant Coordinator Email noel.toledo_at_gov.mt
Thank You