8 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2017/0353(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A fairer single market should ensure equal conditions for competition to all economic operators and protection against unfair competition. To this purpose, strengthened enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation on products is necessary. Good cooperation between manufacturers, distributors and the market surveillance authorities is a key element allowing immediate intervention and corrective action in relation to the product. It is important that there should be a contact person established in the Union so that market surveillance authorities have someone to whom questions can be addressed regarding a product’s compliance with Union harmonisation legislation. The person responsible for providing such compliance information should be the manufacturer, or the importer or the distributor, or another person designated by the manufacturer for this purpose, for example another economic operator. The role of a person responsible for compliance information established in the Union is essential for providing market surveillance authorities with an interlocutor established in the Union, and for performing specific tasks in a timely manner to ensure that the products comply with the requirements of Union harmonisation legislation, for the benefit of consumers, workers and businesses within the Union. The provisions in this Regulation requiring there to be a person established in the Union responsible for compliance information should not apply where specific requirements set out in certain legal instruments on products achieve the same result in effect, namely Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and Article 15 of Regulation 2017/746.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) To ensure the reliability and consistency of testing across the Union in the market surveillance framework, the Commission should designate Union testing facilities. The market surveillance authorities should take full account of the results of tests carried out by these Union testing facilities. Furthermore, a more comprehensive information system should be developed for sharing test results within the Union in order to avoid unnecessary duplication and to ensure greater consistency at Union level.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) a distributor;
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the identity and contact details of the manufacturer, importer, distributor or other person meeting the requirements of point (a) are publicly available in accordance with paragraph 4 and are indicated or identifiable in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) cooperating with the market surveillance authorities, aton their request, on any action takeown initiative or at the request of those authorities, to take all the necessary immediate action to eliminate or, if that is not possible, mitigate the risks posed by the product.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) immediately inform the manufacturer and all other economic operators concerned when there is enough evidence to believe that a product could present a serious risk or does not comply with the applicable EU harmonisation laws.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Market surveillance authorities may enter into memoranda of understanding with the customs, port and airport authorities, businesses or organisations representing businesses or end-users for the carrying out, or financing, of joint activities aimed at identifying non-compliance or promoting compliance in specific geographical areas or with respect to specific categories of product.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The market surveillance authorities shall take due account of the results of tests carried out by Union testing facilities when adopting appropriate market surveillance measures.