ICSMS

Information and

C
S
M
S

Communication
System for
Market
Surveillance

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PROBLEMS OF MARKET SURVEILLANCE

Local market inspection bodies are lacking the means to interact

and exchange important information quickly and in-time
Current market surveillance works
REGIONALLY - while markets are
organised INTERNATIONALLY and
companies operate GLOBALLY
Market surveillance needs CO-OPERATION !
Current Notification procedures (RAPEX, Safeguard Clause) are
not always efficient enough to fulfil all the needs of market
inspection bodies in practice

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EFFECTIVE MARKET SURVEILLANCE NEEDS ...

quick and in-time INFORMATION on market inspection and

surveillance measures conducted by other market inspection
bodies
a DATA BASE covering all non-conforming products in
circulation in Europe including up-to-date information on
products being TESTED
efficient co-operation with CUSTOMS authorities
an effective means to inform the PUBLIC about unsafe
products (requirement of Art. 16, revised General Product
Safety Directive)
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European Market and ICSMS

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European Market and ICSMS

ICSMS: initiated by the EU, Belgium,

Sweden and Germany in 2000.
Austria and Luxemburg since 2001.
Estonia uses ICSMS since 09/2003.
UK uses ICSMS since 06/2004.
Switzerland joined ICSMS in 09/2004.
Slovenia, The Netherlands and Malta
use ICSMS since 2006.
Cyprus uses ICSMS since 2007.
Lithuania started a trial in 10/2007.
Greece started a trial in 03/2009.

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Throughout Europe

ICSMS

EXCHANGE OF
PRODUCT
INFORMATION
IMMEDIATE
CONTACT
QUICK REACTION
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SYSTEM

CENTRAL Data Storage

INTERNET

Independent Data INPUT by ANY

market surveillance authority
Access requirements:
Personal Computer
Internet access
Browser Mozilla Firefox or MS Explorer 5.0
Windows 95

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ARCHITECTURE

Information and Communication System

Confidential Section

Public Section

Product Information

Faulty products

Test results

Voluntary recalls

Measures taken
.......

.......

Market Surveillance
Authorities

Customs

EU
Commission
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Distributor

Customers
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CONFIDENTIALITY
CONFIDENTIAL PRODUCT
INFORMATION

Market
Surveillance

CUSTOMS

INDUSTRY

ICSMS.ORG

PUBLIC PRODUCT

PUBLIC

INFORMATION

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Which DIRECTIVES are covered today ?

98/37/EC Machinery Directive
2006/95/EC Low Voltage
Directive
88/378/EEC Toy Safety Directive

2001/95/EC General Product Safety

Directive
89/336/EEC Electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC)

97/23/EC Pressure Equipment

Directive

1999/5/EC R&TTE Radio

equipment and telecommunications
terminal equipment

89/686/EEC Personal Protective

Equipment Directive

90/396/EEC Appliances Burning

Gaseous Fuels

95/16/EC Lift Directive

94/9/EC Potentially explosive

atmospheres (ATEX)

87/404/EEC Simple Pressure

Vessels Directive
94/25/EC Recreational Craft
Directive
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2001/14/EC Noise Emission

(Outdoor Directive)
89/106/EEC Construction products
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Which DIRECTIVES / REGULATIONS are covered today ?

75/324/EEC Aerosol dispensers

98/8/EC Biocide products
67/548/EEC Dangerous substances
76/769/EEC Restrictions on the marketing
1999/45/EC Dangerous preparations
91/414/EEC Plant protection products
2000/9/EC Cableway Directive
2006/121/EC REACH
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DIRECTIVES not included yet

93/15/EEC Civil Explosives

90/384/EEC Non-automatic weighing instruments
92/42/EEC New hot boilers
2004/22/EC Measuring instruments (MID)

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A PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SET includes data on:

General information about the notifying authority

Product identification criteria
Distributor
Relevant Directives and Standards
Conformity
Depth and scope of testing
Test results and a classification of shortcomings
Accidents having 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 are possible
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

Evaluation tools allow users to fine-tune procedures and to

prioritize projects (surveillance campaign)
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
RAPEX and safeguard clause notifications can be
generated automatically
Uniform operating language, adequate translation options
are provided

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SERVICE AND AVAILABILITY

Training courses for users on request.

Hotline (e-mail) and phone during normal office
hours (8 am to 5 pm).
Support in other cases within 1 work day
System availability
24 h/day
>99 % within normal office hours.

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KEYFIGURES 12/2008

Number of authorities:
Number of user accounts:
Present number of PIs:

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> 400
> 1.750
> 24.000

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KEYFIGURES 2002 - 2008

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YOUR ACCESS to the SYSTEM

www.icsms.org
Email support: support@icsms.org

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ICSMS

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DISCUSSION

Thank you for your attention

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