I C S M S

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I C S M S
I Information and C Communication S System
for M Market S Surveillance
byLudwig Finkeldei
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CURRENT LACKS OF MARKET SURVEILLANCE

• Local market inspection bodies are lacking the
  means to interact and exchange important
  information quickly and in-time

• Current market inspection practices work merely
  on a REGIONAL level - while, in fact, markets
  work and companies operate INTERNATIONALLY and
  even GLOBALLY

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EFFECTIVE MARKET SURVEILLANCE NEEDS ...
? quick and in-time INFORMATION and
COMMUNICCATION on market inspection and
surveillance measures conducted by other market
inspection bodies
? a DATA BASE covering all and any products
distributed throughout Europe including
up-to-date information on product TESTING
(positive and negative)
? EVALUATION TOOLS to compare existing testing
methods and to ensure a uniform level of quality
? efficient co-operation with CUSTOMS authorities

• an attractive means to inform the PUBLIC about
  unsafe products (see also requirements of Art.
  16, revised General Product Safety Directive)

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European Market and ICSMS
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ARCHITECTURE
Information and Communication System
Public Section

• Faulty products
• Voluntary recalls
• .......

Customs
Distributor
EU Commission
Customers
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Which DIRECTIVES will be covered today ?
2001/95/EC General Product Safety
Directive 89/336/EEC Electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC)   1999/5/EC RTTE Radio
equipment and telecommunications terminal
equipment 90/396/EEC Appliances Burning
Gaseous Fuels 94/9/EC Potentially explosive
atmospheres 2001/14/EC Noise Emission ... to
be continued
98/37/EC Machinery Directive  73/23/EEC Low
Voltage Directive 88/378/EEC Toy Safety
Directive 97/23/EC Pressure Equipment
Directive 89/686/EEC Personal Protective
Equipment Directive 95/16/EC Lift
Directive 87/404/EEC Simple Pressure Vessels
Directive  94/25/EC Recreational Craft
Directive
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A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET will include data
on

• General information about the notifying authority
• Product identification criteria
• Distributor
• Relevant Provisions and Standards
• Conformity
• Depth and scope of testing
• Test results and a classification of defects
• Accidents occurred
• Measures taken by surveillance authority

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A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET
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A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET conted
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A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET conted
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ADVANTAGES of ICSMS
? Fast exchange of information information on
unsafe products will be announced immediately
? Immediate measures may be taken ? Deterrence
black sheep among manufacturers will be
detected earlier and punished more effectively ?
Avoiding redundant work Test results by one
surveillance authority will be immediately made
available to all other Member States ?
Strengthening co-operation with Customs
authorities The TARIC system is implemented
within ICSMS
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ADVANTAGES OF ICSMS, conted
? Appropriate platform for complaints in
accordance with the newly revised General Product
Safety Directive, ICSMS will create an attractive
platform for citizens to address complaints ?
Templates of forms will be electronically
accessible and may be filled in and submitted
on-line ? Uniform operating language, adequate
translation options will be provided
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Service and availability

• Training courses for users have been provided in
  the past and will be provided in the future on
  request.
• Hotline (e-mail) and phone during the normal
  office hours (8 am to 5 pm).
• Support in other cases within 1 working day
• System availability 24 h/day with gt99 within
  the normal office hours.

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Development of costs

• Annual cost for system providing will be splitted
  according to the Key of Nice (number of seats
  in the European Parliament).
• Increasing number of participating Member States
  is directly correlated to decreasing operation
  costs for all of them.

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Further improvements of ICSMS
ICSMS 2

• The objective of the project is to optimise ICSMS
  to
• make market surveillance in Europe more
  effective,
• efficient and transparent by
• Further optimisation of the existing information
  system by connecting ICSMS to the RAPEX system.
• Improving the evaluation possibilities of ICSMS
  by integrating an evaluation module.
• Integration of all Member States languages into
  ICSMS in order to facilitate its use for all
  member states.

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Welcome to the Website of ICSMS
www.icsms.org