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Market Surveillance Regulation In force since 16 July 2021

REGULATION (EU) 2019/1020 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011
32019R1020 · official text on EUR-Lex

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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Scope
• Article 3 — Definitions

Chapter II TASKS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 4 — Tasks of economic operators regarding products subject to certain Union harmonisation legislation
• Article 5 — Authorised representative
• Article 6 — Distance sales
• Article 7 — Obligation of cooperation

Chapter III ASSISTANCE TO AND COOPERATION WITH ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 8 — Information to economic operators
• Article 9 — Joint activities to promote compliance

Chapter IV ORGANISATION, ACTIVITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF MARKET SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITIES AND THE SINGLE LIAISON OFFICE

• Article 10 — Designation of market surveillance authorities and the single liaison office
• Article 11 — Activities of market surveillance authorities
• Article 12 — Peer reviews
• Article 13 — National market surveillance strategies

Chapter V MARKET SURVEILLANCE POWERS AND MEASURES

• Article 14 — Powers of market surveillance authorities
• Article 15 — Recovery of costs by market surveillance authorities
• Article 16 — Market surveillance measures
• Article 17 — Use of information, professional and commercial secrecy
• Article 18 — Procedural rights of economic operators
• Article 19 — Products presenting a serious risk
• Article 20 — Rapid Information Exchange System
• Article 21 — Union testing facilities

Chapter VI CROSS-BORDER MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

• Article 22 — Mutual Assistance
• Article 23 — Requests for enforcement measures
• Article 24 — Procedure for mutual assistance requests

Chapter VII PRODUCTS ENTERING THE UNION MARKET

• Article 25 — Controls on products entering the Union market
• Article 26 — Suspension of release for free circulation
• Article 27 — Release for free circulation
• Article 28 — Refusal to release for free circulation

Chapter VIII COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

• Article 29 — Union Product Compliance Network
• Article 30 — Composition and functioning of the Network
• Article 31 — Role and tasks of the Network
• Article 32 — Role and tasks of administrative cooperation groups
• Article 33 — Role and tasks of the Commission
• Article 34 — Information and communication system
• Article 35 — International cooperation

Chapter IX FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Article 36 — Financing activities
• Article 37 — Protection of the financial interests of the Union

Chapter X AMENDMENTS

• Article 38 — Amendments to Directive 2004/42/EC
• Article 39 — Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008
• Article 40 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011

Chapter XI FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 41 — Penalties
• Article 42 — Evaluation, review and guidelines
• Article 43 — Committee procedure
• Article 44 — Entry into force and application