§1.2.1 The modernisation of market surveillance provisions

The new Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products improves and modernises market surveillance. It will apply to 70 regulations and directives (listed in its Annex I) that harmonise at EU level requirements on non-food products to protect consumers, health and safety, the environment and other public interests. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 replaces the market surveillance provisions of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 as from 16 July 2021 (see Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020), and will improve them in particular by: — providing information and carrying out activities to promote compliance; — providing more effective enforcement tools to address online sales; and — improving cooperation: between Member States, between market surveillance and customs authorities, and through an EU product compliance network. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 also provides a comprehensive framework for controls on all products (in harmonised and non-harmonised areas) entering the EU market. That framework applies to products covered by EU law in so far as there are no specific provisions relating to the organisation of controls on products entering the EU market in EU law (see Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. This Guide addresses market surveillance in relation to products subject to harmonisation legislation and therefore focuses, for the external dimension, on the control of products covered by harmonisation legislation entering the EU.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07