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HomeEvaluation study on the implementation of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products
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The Evaluation Study on the Implementation of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 aims to assess the application and effectiveness of this key regulatory instrument, which is crucial for market surveillance and ensuring product compliance within the EU. Article 4 mandates that economic operators must be present within the EU for certain products. It specifies the responsibilities they must fulfil when these products are placed on the EU market. The study collected data through desk research, surveys, and interviews to evaluate the criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, relevance and EU added value. The findings indicate that Article 4 has been partially effective in enhancing product safety and compliance, protecting EU consumers and reducing costs for Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs). However, challenges remain in identifying the responsible economic operators, particularly concerning online sales from third countries. Article 4 has been moderately efficient in terms of implementation, with low compliance costs for economic operators so far and slight improvements in market surveillance. The relevance of Article 4 remains high, addressing critical issues in the EU single market, though it only partially succeeds in addressing product safety and compliance in the context of rising online sales. Article 4 is internally coherent and moderately coherent with related EU legislation, which forms an increasingly complex regulatory framework. Some inconsistencies and gaps exist in definitions and obligations of economic operators. Article 4 has demonstrated clear EU added value by establishing a common framework and level playing field for manufacturers and product compliance across the EU. The test for its future effectiveness lies in its consistent and equal implementation and enforcement.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (European Commission)
- Themes: Economy — Finance
- Subject: approval , competition , electronic commerce , market supervision , product safety , regulation (EU) , report , single market
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-68-22521-9 | DOI 10.2873/6477268 | Catalogue number ET-01-24-018-EN-N |
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