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Safety Division further

The Safety Division conducts market surveillance of  toys,  personal protective equipment, articles of precious metals and general consumer products not monitored by other surveillance authorities. The division also publishes information and handles harmonization of the functions of surveillance authorities in this field with the aim of ensuring efficient and effective market control.

The Safety Division on the mandate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the national contact point in Iceland in the field of notifications on technical barriers to trade (TBT) to be notified and received from the EU and WTO.

The main tasks of the Safety Division are:

  •  Market surveillance of toys, e-cigarettes, playground, precious metals, pyrotechnics and general consumer products
  •  Publishing information and educational material on product
  •  TBT notifications
  •  Supervisory Authority for Electronic Signatures

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