A new bill on market surveillance, drafted by the Ministry of Economy, lays down common requirements for all the authorities empowered to supervise the market and the mechanisms for interaction and communication between them. The draft law was endorsed by the Government on September 23, IPN reports.

The bill establishes the legal framework for market surveillance in accordance with the EU norms so that the marketed nonfood products meet the technical compliance and quality standards. It also provides for the creation of a national communication and notification system in the area of market surveillance and empowers the customs body to monitor the imported products.

Thus, the customs body will check the product compliance documents and, if doubts appear or the necessary documents are absent, will suspend the products for three days. In the period, the market surveillance authority will examine the situation and will make a decision.

The bill on market surveillance was drafted based on the Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 of the European Parliament for setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and is designed to adjust the national legislation on market surveillance to the European one.