The European Commission’s DG TAXUD (Taxation & Customs Union) has published guidelines for import controls in the area of product safety and compliance.
This web-platform is a joint initiative of the European machinery industries to show firm commitment to help improve market surveillance for capital goods in the EU.
The Enterprise and Industry Directorate General of European Commission is organising a Conference on 'Market Surveillance and Machinery' which will focus on market surveillance in the machinery sector.
The French and European weighing industry federations carried out tests on 37 imported products not manufactured by European companies. 36 failed to pass the tests.