 Expectations of the Conformity Assessment Community Enda McDonnell, Chairman

Keymark - Voluntary Certification Mark CEN and CENELEC developed a European mark of conformity to European Standards: the Keymark

Keymark and CE marking - CEN / CENELEC- European Commission - Conformity with EN - Conformity with Directive - Quality mark- Passport to European market - Consumers and users- Market surveillance - Voluntary - Mandatory - Certification bodies- Notified bodies - Third-party certificate- Manufacturer’s declaration

European Forum for Conformity Assessment The European Forum for Conformity Assessment is a high-level forum made up of European stakeholders concerned with conformity assessment and related activities.  Secretariat provided by CEN  ANEC, in articulating the consumer voice in the forum, is a valued and important contributor.

This position paper is an impressive contribution to the debate at European level Call for an effective pan-European market surveillance system European Consumers and European engineering industries call on policy makers to take practical measures for re-enforcing border controls and surveillance of products placed on the Community market Welcome for Market Surveillance Orgalime – ANEC Position Paper

Expectations of the Conformity Assessment Community (my view) – Part 1 That ANEC articulates the voice of consumers in favour of and influencing the development of:  Strong and respected standards  Conformity Assessment appropriate to Risk  Market Surveillance where needed

Expectations of the Conformity Assessment Community (my view) – Part 2 That ANEC carries the consumer fight for better standards, conformity assessment and market surveillance forward in  The technical arena, in partnership with the ESOs and others, but also, just as important,  In the legislative and political arena – to work with political, public service and business interests on behalf of the consumer interest