Market Surveillance Programme 2013

Iceland participates fully in the Single market of Europe according to the provisions of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). It is thus necessary in Iceland to ensure in the same way as in Member States of the EU, that products benefiting from the free movement of goods within the Community fulfill requirements providing a high level of protection of public interests such as health and safety in general, health and safety at the workplace, protection of consumers, protection of the environment and security, while ensuring that the free movement of products is not restricted to any extent greater than that which is allowed under Community harmonization legislation or any other relevant Community rules.

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the EP and of the Council, setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93, is EEA relevant and will most likely be implemented in Iceland before 1 April 2013. On this basis Iceland has prepared this document which is the annual general National Market Surveillance Programme as required by Article 18(5) of the Regulation. The first NMSP of Iceland was elaborated and delivered to the EU Commission on 15 January 2010. At Annex to this document are found copies of the respective sectorial national programs.

For the National Market Surveillance Programme 2013 see here.