
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade creates coordination platform to improve market surveillance system
Today, December 14, there took place a coordination roundtable "Market
surveillance in Ukraine: problems and ways to solve them" that gathered First
Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Maxym Nefyodov, other
representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development, as well as senior
officials of services and inspections engaged in market supervision activities.
Within the framework of the Association Agreement, Ukraine has undertaken commitments
to harmonize the system of technical regulation in order to eliminate technical
barriers to trade. Among
the components of technical regulation is the creation of an effective market
surveillance system called to protect consumers from hazardous products.
Such efficient market surveillance is one of the prerequisites for signing an Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Goods (ACAA) between Ukraine and the EU, which provides for the mutual recognition of certificates of conformity of industrial products.