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Considering that the aim of market surveillance is to provide a high level of protection of certain public interests, informing the public is an essential element of market surveillance. Therefore, Member States should ensure openness to the public and to interested parties. They must make available to the public any information they consider relevant in order to protect the interests of end users in the Union (Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020). This ensures more information and awareness to both consumers and economic operators. In accordance with the principle of transparency, information available to the authorities of the Member States or to the Commission relating to risks to health and safety, or to other public interests protected under EU harmonisation legislation posed by products, should in principle be available to the public. This is without prejudice to the restrictions required for protecting intellectual property rights and confidential business information, for preserving personal data, and for monitoring, investigation and prosecution activities. (289)

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.