General questions sent by email:
Indonesia (BSN)
CASCO Secretariat (not answered during the workshop)
The intention of this workshop was exactly this. The aims of the workshop were to:
- Identify good market surveillance practices at the national level.
- Raise awareness and capacity to use the CASCO toolbox in market surveillance activities.
- Investigate market surveillance activities related to the oversight processes for conformity assessment activities.
- Identify actions when a product does not comply.
- How to facilitate rapid sharing of information on market surveillance.
- Possible future ISO publications on good market surveillance practice.
- Market surveillance in the area of services.
- Promotion of existing ISO standards.
COMMENT - (not answered during the workshop) L. Jachia, UNECE
The UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies is also – since 2002 – an important Forum for matters related to Market Surveillance. The meetings of the Advisory Group on Market Surveillance" ("MARS" Group) of UNECE bring together market surveillance authorities from developing countries, countries in transition and developed countries, as well as representatives of private sector associations and private firms. Among the achievements of the MARS Group is the adoption in 2007 of the Recommendation M referenced above. The Group is currently developing a General Market Surveillance Procedure, a general model for supporting the decision making process of market surveillance authorities from planning market inspections to product recalls. For details please see: http://www.unece.org/trade/wp6/documents/2008/wp6-08-list.htm
Japan (JSA)
This has been answered in earlier questions
Gabon (ANTT)
CASCO Secretariat (not answered during the workshop)
No, there are no ISO guidelines for the implementation of a market surveillance system. The aim of the workshop was to determine if ISO should consider some activities in this regard.
(not answered during the workshop) L. Jachia, UNECE
The UNECE is also developing a General Market Surveillance Procedure, please see above
Gabon (ANTT)
CASCO Secretariat (not answered during the workshop)
The role of ISO would be to determine if based on a needs analysis and in line with ISO policy and processes if any international standard should be developed (ISO being a standards development organization).
(not answered during the workshop) L. Jachia, UNECE
This role is complementary to that of an Intergovernmental Organization – such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Working Party 6 – which can develop recommendations for governmental authorities on best practice to be followed, as well as ensure through training and awareness raising, that these recommendations are put to use in the countries that express this need.
Gabon (ANTT)
CASCO Secretariat (not answered during the workshop)
ISO is a standards development organization. As such its range of action is limited to this activities
