EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Topic: Joint Action to consolidate andenhance product safety through effective market surveillance throughout the Union

Objective: The proposed joint actions should improve the effective application of Directive 2001/95/EC on General Product Safety (GPSD) through cooperation between national authorities responsible for the assessment, market surveillance and enforcement of the safety of non-food consumer products and services.

Scope: The joint actions may cover one or more of the following aspects of administrative cross-border co-operation activities related to surveillance and enforcement of European Union safety requirements for non-food consumer products:

• Product testing;
• Market surveillance operations;
• Exchange of expertise and development and exchange of best practice related to risk assessment, product testing and market surveillance;
• Meetings and workshops included in the project.

In particular, the joint actions may cover the execution of joint or co-ordinated activities, the exchange of information, development of common methods, protocols and check-lists, and database development work.

Deadline Date 2014-10-07 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)