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Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2013/0048(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Consumer product safety - Market surveillance of products - Protection of consumers in utilities services (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2013/0048(COD)

Amendments (5)

Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The implementation of market surveillance activities and external border controls shall be monitored by the Member States which shall report on these activities and controls to the Commission every year. The information reported shall include statistics regarding the number of controls carried out, the number of products queried in relation to those controls, and the number and type of remedial actions subsequently put in hand, and shall be communicated to all Member States. Member States mayshall make a summary of the results and statistics accessible to the public.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The results of the monitoring and assessment of market surveillance activities carried out pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be made available to the public, electronically and, where appropriate, by other means. This shall take place within three months after they have been communicated to the other Member States.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. The protection of cConfidentiality shall not prevent the dissemination to the market surveillance authorities of information necessary to ensurrelevant for ensuring the effectiveness of market surveillance activities.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. Market surveillance authorities may charge fees which wholly or partly cover the costs of their activities, including testing carried out for the risk assessment, where they take measures in accordance with paragraph 1. Subcontractors commissioned by market surveillance authorities to destroy or test products may also charge fees which wholly or partly cover the costs of their activities. The manufacturer or importer examined shall be directly invoiced for fees.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
No later than [five] years after the date of application, the Commission shall assess the application of this Regulation and transmit an evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report shall assess if this Regulation achieved its objectives, in particular with regard to ensuring more effective and efficient enforcement of product safety rules and Union harmonisation legislation, improving cooperation between market surveillance authorities, strengthening the controls of products entering the Union and better protecting the health and safety of persons in general, health and safety in the workplace, consumer protection, the environment, public security and other public interests, taking into account its impact on business and in particular on small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition to checks by market surveillance authorities, there should be mandatory checks by independent third parties and, in particular, sampling by such testing bodies of a representative number of products.
2013/09/11
Committee: IMCO