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The Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Swabia is responsible for monitoring environmentally friendly design (ecodesign) and energy consumption labeling.
Eco-design and energy labeling are a systematic and comprehensive design approach for products and make an important contribution to improving the energy and resource efficiency of products over their entire life cycle. Specific ecodesign and labeling requirements for a particular product group are laid down in separate regulations. These regulations are directly applicable and do not require further transposition into national law. The manufacturers or importers concerned must ensure that their products meet the requirements set out in the respective regulation. Only then may they be placed on the market in the EU. They issue a declaration of conformity for the product as confirmation and affix the CE conformity mark to it. Products may fall under several Ecodesign implementing measures as well as other European regulations, such as product safety legislation.
The federal states are responsible for monitoring ecodesign and energy label requirements in Germany. The range of market surveillance tasks is defined by the Market Surveillance Act (MüG). The tasks include, for example, random checks of products and the examination of documents. The Bavarian Trade Supervisory Offices at the governments have specialized in the area of market surveillance.
If you have any questions about the quality requirements for technical products, or if you suspect that a product does not meet the prescribed quality requirements, you can contact the relevant government trade supervisory office directly. Your contact for the area of ecodesign and energy label requirements is the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Swabia. The Internet-based information and communication system for Europe-wide market surveillance of technical products (ICSMS) (see "Online procedure") is also available to consumers and authorities as a tool for exchanging information on unsafe products and product risks.
Market surveillance in Bavaria is carried out by the trade supervisory offices of the individual governments. The Bavarian trade supervisory authorities thus represent both the interests of consumers in safe products and the protection of the environment as well as the legitimate interests of manufacturers and importers in protection against unfair competitive practices. The Bavarian Trade Supervisory Offices at the governments have each specialized in very specific product areas of market surveillance. You can find an overview of the relevant responsibilities under "Further links".
The task of the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Upper Palatinate is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection. This includes active medical devices (dependent on an energy source).
The task of the Trade Supervisory Office at the Government of Upper Palatinate is to ensure safe products in the area of technical consumer protection. This includes active (energy-dependent) in-vitro diagnostics.
Manufacturers, authorized representatives and importers (importers) of medical devices must register via the electronic system for the registration of economic operators (EUDAMED) before placing a product on the market.
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