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Cooperation and coordination of action among national authorities is indispensable to obtain effective and consistent surveillance of the Internal Market. The EU legal framework provides a number of tools to achieve this goal. Action against products found to be non-compliant has to be generally undertaken throughout the EU, with detailed procedures in the case of certain Union harmonisation legislation which includes a safeguard clause. Mutual assistance based on Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 allows authorities to enforce a request of information vis-à-vis economic operators located in another Member State, and in special cases also enforcement measures. The EU Product Compliance Network, administrative cooperation groups (ADCOs), the ICSMS database, RAPEX and the coordinated activities on safety and conformity of products constitute essential tools to exchange information and optimise work sharing among authorities.

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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.