1 Trade Inspection Chief Inspectorate Control and Product Safety Department Poland Periodical inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

2 Inspection main aims: check compliance with essential requirements of the pressure cookers put into circulation on the market, check compliance with essential requirements of the pressure cookers put into circulation on the market, eliminate products from the market incompatible with the requirements of Pressure Equipment Directive and marked incorrectly, eliminate products from the market incompatible with the requirements of Pressure Equipment Directive and marked incorrectly, control over legality of entrepreneurs leading business, control of retail prices presenting. Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

3 Inspection main tasks inspections performed by all the 16 Voivode (Regional) Inspectorates inspections performed by all the 16 Voivode (Regional) Inspectorates control run in retail shops, warehouses and supermarket stores control run in retail shops, warehouses and supermarket stores control pressure cookers with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0,5 bar control pressure cookers with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0,5 bar control pressure cookers put into circulation after the 1 of May 2004 control pressure cookers put into circulation after the 1 of May 2004 Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

4 Detailed stages of the product compliance monitoring check over the product CE mark check over the declaration of conformity check over required product information (marks and labels) relating to: mounting, putting into service, use and maintenance including checks by the user check over instructions for the user, containing all the necessary safety information, relating to: mounting, putting into service, use and maintenance including checks by the user visual inspection (faults of the product)

5 Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004 Inspection covered 97 companies in 16 Voivodshafts   retail shops-69   warehouses-17   supermarket stores-11

6 Summary inspection  Number of products checked – 370 items  Value of products checked – PLN,  Number of product types/models checked – 35 items  Number of product brands checked /product types with different trade marks/ – 11 brands Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

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9 Types of deficiencies found missing or incorrect marks, labels or operating instructions missing or incorrect marks, labels or operating instructions missing declarations of conformity missing declarations of conformity missing CE marks missing CE marks incorrect declarations of conformity incorrect declarations of conformity Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

10 Percentage number of deficiencies found in the checked products Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

11 Deficiencies related with marking found during the inspection missing the name and address or other means of identification of the manufacturer, missing the name and address or other means of identification of the manufacturer, missing the year of manufacture, missing the year of manufacture, missing identification of the pressure equipment according to its nature, missing identification of the pressure equipment according to its nature, missing essential maximum/minimum allowable limits, missing essential maximum/minimum allowable limits, missing the volume V of the pressure equipment, missing the volume V of the pressure equipment, missing safety device set pressure in bar, missing safety device set pressure in bar, missing or incorrect operational instructions. missing or incorrect operational instructions. Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

12 Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

13 Conclusions small quantity of controlled products on the domestic market small quantity of controlled products on the domestic market (the reason probably is low demand for the pressure cookers) most pressure cookers put into circulation before the 1 of May 2004, most pressure cookers put into circulation before the 1 of May 2004, high number of found deficiencies high number of found deficiencies (the reason is entrepreneurs’ insufficient knowledge of Pressure Equipment Directive) need of repeated inspection of this segment of the market need of repeated inspection of this segment of the market Inspection results of pressure cookers in the 4th quarter 2004

14 Trade Inspection Chief Inspectorate Control and Product Safety Department 1 Powstańców Warszawy Square Warsaw, Poland tel , fax