Experience of bodies for inspection of work at market surveillance Tamara Paceková Bratislava 2006

Legal base – legislation of the Slovak Republic 1. Act № 125/2006 Coll. on inspection of work (§ 1 b) 2. Act № 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and on conformity assessment (§ 30)

Activity of the bodies for inspection of work in the field of surveillance 1. Regulation № 308/2004 Coll. which determines the detailed technical requirements and conformity assessment procedures for electric appliances with certain range of voltage (Directives 73/23, 93/68) 2. Regulation № 393/1999 Coll. which determines detailed technical requirements for appliances burning gaseous fuels (148/2002, 302/2002, 252/2003) (Directives 90/396, 93/68) 3. Regulation № 245/2004 Coll. which determines detailed technical requirements for products from the point of view of electromagnetic compatibility(194/2005) (Directive 89/336)

4. Regulation № 29/2001 Coll. which determines detailed technical requirements and conformity assessment procedures for personal protective equipment (323/2002) (Directive 89/686) 5. Regulation № 513/2001Coll. which determines detailed requirements and conformity assessment procedures for simple pressure vessels (328/2003) (Directive 87/404, 90/488, 93/68) 6. Regulation № 571/2001 Coll. which determines detailed technical requirements and conformity assessment procedures for lifts (327/2003) (Directive 95/16)

7. 7.Regulation № 576/2002 Coll. which determines detailed technical requirements and conformity assessment procedures for pressure equipment (329/2003) (Directive 97/23) 8. Regulation № 117/2001 Coll.which determines detailed requirements and conformity assessment procedures for the equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (296/2002) (Directive 94/9)

– –Ministry of work, social affaires amd family of the Slovak Republic – –National inspection of work – –Inspections of work in 8 regions of Slovakia (Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov and Košice) On the basis of Act № 125/2006 Coll. the bodies for inspection of work are

Types of surveillance typeSurveillanceNumber % compared years 2005/2004 year 2005 year /AControl according to plan ,12 23/BSpecial control1250,00 23/FSubsequent control - control of eliminated infringements ,00 23/C Participation in acceptance of construction 5500,00 23/DConsideration of complaints010,00 23/EConsideration of suggestions 41136,36 23/GConsultations538562,35 Number of controls- market surveillance ,75

  personal protective equipment 3,5 % 0,7 %   electrical appliances, lifts, appliances burning gaseous fuels 39,6 % 37,2 %   machinery 38,2 % 51,1%   equipment in explosive atmospheres 11,1% 3,5% Basic division of shortcomings Certain kinds of approved products

Ascertainmentnumber of shortcomings [%] а) § 10 discharge of duties by manufacturers, importers and distributors at placing of products on the market (operation)24441,5 b) § 13 Declaration of conformity ,0 c) § 17 Conformity mark 9215,6 Together ,2 Shortcomings found out at inspection of work in the field of market surveillance in 2005 (Act No 264/1999 Coll.)

Shortcomings – Act No 264/1999 in 2005 Paragraph Number of shortcomings %shortcomings Description of shortcomings § 9 item 2 233,9 Interdiction of placing on the market of the approved products without declaration of conformity § 10 item 2 437,3 M/IM AP – discrepancy to TS § 10 item ,1 M/IM AP placing on the market after assessment of conformity § 10 item ,7 M/IM placing of AP on the market according to TS and issuing of DC § 17 item ,3 Conformity mark AP –approved product, M – manufacturer, IM - importer, TS – technical standards, DC – declaration of conformity

Objective  Improvement of technique  Special training of inspectors of work  Addition of information base with state standards and normative documents on labour safety  Cooperation at the control over the market with other bodies