Article 16 — Market surveillance measures
Market Surveillance Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020
What does MARKET-SURVEILLANCE Article 16 say?
Short answer, straight from the official text
1. Market surveillance authorities shall take appropriate measures if a product subject to Union harmonisation legislation, when used in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions which can be reasonably foreseen and when properly installed and maintained: (a) is liable to compromise the health or safety of users;
Source: Market Surveillance Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, read 2026-10-13.
| In the act | EU 2019/1020 |
| CELEX | 32019R1020 |
| Read on | 2026-10-13 |
Official text
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1. Market surveillance authorities shall take appropriate measures if a product subject to Union harmonisation legislation, when used in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions which can be reasonably foreseen and when properly installed and maintained:
(a) is liable to compromise the health or safety of users; or
(b) does not conform to applicable Union harmonisation legislation.
2. Where market surveillance authorities make findings referred to in point (a) or (b) of paragraph 1, they shall without delay require the relevant economic operator to take appropriate and proportionate corrective action to bring the non-compliance to an end or to eliminate the risk within a period they specify.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the corrective action required to be taken by the economic operator may include, inter alia:
(a) bringing the product into compliance, including by rectifying formal non-compliance as defined by the applicable Union harmonisation legislation, or by ensuring that the product no longer presents a risk;
(b) preventing the product from being made available on the market;
(c) withdrawing or recalling the product immediately and alerting the public to the risk presented;
(d) destroying the product or otherwise rendering it inoperable;
(e) affixing to the product suitable, clearly worded, easily comprehensible warnings of the risks that it might present, in the language or languages determined by the Member State in which the product is made available on the market;
(f) setting prior conditions for making the product concerned available on the market;
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