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20TH ANEC GATHURSDAY 11 JUNE 2009
‘STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS OF ANEC’
by Adrian Harris
Secretary General, Orgalime
35 Member Associations
In 23 European Countries
130 000 Companies,>90% SMEs
€1885 Bn Output 2008(EU-27 estimates)
11.1 Million Employed
Orgalime
ESES
UKUK
IEIE
BEBE
LULU
NLNL
CHCH
FRFR
PTPTIITT
DEDE
DKDK
NONO
PLPL
SLSL
CZCZ
SESE
FIFI
LVLV
LTLT
BGBG
ATAT
HRHR
Most engineering products Most engineering products covered by New Approach covered by New Approach directives:directives:
– LVDLVD => electrical safety => electrical safety– EMCDEMCD => electromagnetic => electromagnetic– MDMD => machinery safety => machinery safety– MIDMID => measuring instr. => measuring instr.– PEDPED => pressure equipmt => pressure equipmt– ATEXATEX => safety in => safety in explosive atmospheresexplosive atmospheres– and some 12 others...and some 12 others...
20 % consumer goods
80% professional goods
Orgalime, what we are…
Orgalime: represents our industry’s interests in Brussels for more than half a century
Orgalime not involved in standards setting but in standardisation policy
Co-operating partner of Cenelec, just as is ANEC
Committed to the New Approach and to turn the New Legislative Framework (NLF) into a success => make it work in practice
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Our main goals: competitiveness and level-playing field
=> make market surveillance work
Is thisagainst
consumerinterests?
NO!
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DEDE
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Source: DG SANCO RAPEX Report 2009 processed by Orgalime
RAPEX 2008
52 weeks: Variable levelsof RAPEX usefrom one Member State tothe other
RAPEX 2008
52 weeks: Variable levelsof RAPEX usefrom one Member State tothe other
Nb of notificationsover 10 months:
≥ 160< 160< 80< 40< 20
Market surveillance must work: more consistency across the EU
Example of RAPEX (1)
Market surveillance must work: more co-ordination across the EU
Example of RAPEX (2)
Source: DG Sanco – Figures processed by Orgalime
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2005 2006 2007 2008
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All electrical products (%) Lighting equipmentHousehold appliances Cables, plugs, socketsICT equipment Electrical DYI toolsOthers
%% NBNBNotifications of electrical products - trends
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What do we expect of ANEC?
Collaborate pragmatically on issues of common interest
As a first step, make the NLF work as it is designed to do: all products on the EU market should respect our laws
Through this, help to rid the market of rogue traders: bad for consumer safety, bad for the environment, bad for confidence in products of lawful manufacturers
And this is what we have started to do…The European Engineering Industries Association
Why together? Because...All consumers expect safe products
All companies expect fair competitionThe European Voice of Consumers in Standardisation
Consumers and Orgalime industry call for an effective
pan-European market surveillance system
22 April 2009
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Applicable product legislation is becoming ever more complex
For manufacturers to comply with For trade to demonstrate compliance For authorities to enforce For consumers to make an informed choice
The European Engineering Industries Association The European Voice of Consumers in Standardisation
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NLF is about streamlining lawsapplying to the same product
NLF is also about market surveillance
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NLF is also about setting a level playing field
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Therefore we called Member States to give market surveillance more means (funding + staffing)
The European Voice of Consumers in Standardisation
Orgalime-ANEC positionon market surveillance
So we call for immediate measures to the European Commission to set in place a common approach to market surveillance For both product and user oriented legislation Politically supported at Commission level Well co-ordinated across services (SANCO,
ENTR, TAXUD, etc… Supported by harmonised standards for a
common approach to risk assessment
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Certification industry is as globalised as the manufacturing industry: e.g. recourse to local (e.g. Chinese) test houses too...
Member states (accreditation) have no means to control quality of such test houses
Testing and certification is also a business service
So to be consistent and effective there is only one answer: a market surveillance which works
A final thought to take-away…Certification: a panacea?
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So Orgalime expects ANEC’s help to make the law match reality
…as a shared responsibilityThe European Engineering Industries Association
20TH ANEC GENERAL ASSEMBLYTHURSDAY 11 JUNE 2009
‘STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS OF ANEC’
Follow-up contact:
Philippe PortalierSenior Adviser+32-2-706 82 [email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
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