Market Surveillance Body

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BRML-SP

• Market Surveillance Body
• for non-automatic weighing instruments

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ROMANIAN BUREAU OF LEGAL METROLOGY
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REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• Law 608/2001 concerning conformity assessments of
  the products.
• Government Decision 617/2003 on establishing the
  conditions for placing on the market and putting
  into service of NAWI - transposes in national
  regulation Directive 90/384/EEC.
• Government Decision 891/2004 related to
  applicable methods in market surveillance
  activities for the products included in Law
  608/2001.
• Government Decision 264/2006 establishing the
  conditions for placing on the market and putting
  into service of measurement instruments
  transposes in national regulation Directive
  2004/22/EC (MID).

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MAIN TASKS OF BRML-SP

• Market surveillance for nawi.
• Market surveillance in the field of prepackages.
• Metrological surveillance of measurement
  instruments in use.
• Draw up normative documents in the field of
  metrology.
• Training and examination of the BRML inspection
  body.
• Market surveillance for measuring instruments,
  beginning after the Romania accession to European
  Union.

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MAIN REQUIREMENTS TO ACT AS MARKET SURVEILLANCE
BODY

• BRML-SP acts as MS body complying with
• ISO 17020
• Independence
• Fairness, nondiscriminatory activity
• Confidentiality
• Management
• Quality System

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MODALITIES OF PERFORMING MS ACTIVITIES FOR NAWI

• Monitoring NAWI placed on the market or put into
  service.
• Taking all necessary legal measures, using the
  proportionality principle, to restore the
  conformity.

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TYPES OF MS ACTIVITIES

• Proactive MS activities
• Planned surveillance activities according with a
  yearly schedule.
• Reactive MS activities
• Surveillance activities as a consequence of
  finding nonconformities at NAWI in use.
• Surveillance activities as a consequence of
  complains received by surveillance body.

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TYPES OF MS ACTIVITIES

• 1. Formal MS verification
• 2. Profound MS verification

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1.FORMAL MS VERIFICATION

• To check
• The existence and the correctness application of
  the conformity mark.
• The existence and the correctness of the
  inscriptions applied on the NAWI.
• The existence of the conformity statement issued
  by manufacturer.
• The existence of the technical documentation.
• The existence of the conformity documents.

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2. PROFOUND MS VERIFICATION

• To check
• By testing the compliance of NAWI with one/more
  essential requirements.
• The correctness of the conformity statement
  issued by manufacturer.
• The correctness and the complete application of
  the procedure chosen by manufacturer for
  conformity assessment.

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MEASURES TO ELIMINATE NONCONFORMITIES FOUNDED

• The corrective actions depend on the seriousness
  of the nonconformities founded, being applicable
  the proportionality principle.
• The involved economic operator is noticed and
  consult about the nonconformities founded before
  taking any other measure, if the nonconformities
  not represent risks for life or health of the
  users.
• The economic operator is compelled to restore in
  a fixed period the conformity and to stop the
  infringement of legal regulations.
• Temporary restrictions on placing on the market.
• Withdraw from the market the nonconformities
  NAWI.
• Withdraw from the users the nonconformities NAWI.
• Permanent restrictions on placing on the market.
• Sanctions for economic operators with fine within
  the limits established by regulations.

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The evolution of surveillance actions in the
last 3 years
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The structure of economic operators on types of
activities - manufacturers, importers, vendors

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Surveillance actions in Bucharest and in
territoryin the last 3 years
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The evolution of nonconformities NAWI founded in
the last 3 years
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Contact

• ADDRESS
• ROMANIA, Bucharest
• Vitan-Bârzesti street No. 11, Sector 4,
  75669
• PHONE
• BRML 004-021-332 09 54
• BRML-SP 004-021-332 11 17 / int. 244
• FAX
• BRML 004-021-332 06 15
• E-MAIL
• BRML office_at_brml.ro
• BRML-SP brmlsp_at_yahoo.com

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• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!