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Technical consumer protection; implementation of product safety measures

The task of the trade supervisory authorities at the governments of Middle Franconia and Upper Bavaria is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection.

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  • Informations- und Kommunikationssystem zur europaweiten Marktüberwachung von technischen Produkten (ICSMS)
    In the "Search", product information can be searched for using various criteria. After a search query has been performed, the hits are displayed in a hit list.
  • Schnellwarnsystem der Europäischen Union

    The rapid alert system ("Safety Gate") enables information on measures to protect against dangerous non-food products to be rapidly transmitted to the national authorities responsible for product safety. With the help of the rapid alert system, alerts from national authorities are forwarded on a daily basis. Each alert contains information on the product classified as dangerous, a description of the risks and the measures taken by economic operators or ordered by the authorities.

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Regierung von Oberbayern - Gewerbeaufsichtsamt – Dezernat G4 – Kompetenzzentrum Marktüberwachung

Regierung von Oberbayern

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80797 München

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80534 München

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Procedure details

Product safety

In particular, this includes toys, personal protective equipment, appliances and products for home and leisure, sports equipment, machinery, gas appliances and much more.

Manufacturers, importers and distributors may only place safe products on the market. They are responsible for ensuring that their products are designed in such a way that users and third parties are protected from risks to life and health. This is a significant contribution to the preventive protection of consumers, employees and patients. The safety standard is based on EU regulations and EU directives as well as European standards that are decisive for the free movement of goods in the internal market.

Cross-border cooperation

Since the introduction of the European Single Market in 1993, the monitoring activities of the trade supervisory offices of the governments have been cross-border. Information on safety defects in products is exchanged throughout the EU.

In order to ensure that only safe products that meet the high European standards are placed on the market (i.e. reach the retail market), the Bavarian Trade Supervisory Authority performs the following tasks in particular.

The trade supervisory authority

  • advises manufacturers and importers on questions relating to CE marking of technical products (declaration that the requirements of relevant EU regulations or EU directives on the quality of the product are met), European safety standards and conformity assessment procedures,
  • inspects technical products at trade fairs, exhibitions and in retail outlets - including online retail - by means of targeted spot checks,
  • inspects technical products on a case-by-case basis at the manufacturer's, dealer's or importer's premises,
  • participates as a consumer protection authority in the Europe-wide EU Rapid Information System and
  • withdraws unsafe products from the market.

If you have any questions about the safety requirements of technical products, or if you suspect that a product does not meet the prescribed safety requirements, you can contact the government's trade inspectorate directly. The Internet-based information and communication system for Europe-wide market surveillance of technical products (ICSMS) (see "Online procedure") is available to consumers and the authorities as a tool for exchanging information on unsafe products and product risks.

In Bavaria, market surveillance is carried out by the trade supervisory offices at the government level. Each trade supervisory office has special responsibilities for the whole of Bavaria. You can find an overview of the relevant responsibilities under "Related links".

The competent market surveillance authorities for the area of technical product safety are the trade supervisory offices at the governments of Middle Franconia and Upper Bavaria, Market Surveillance Competence Center.

Status: 12.08.2024
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
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