Support for surveillance

Loading/unloading equipment
specialist, Thorworld Industries is
supporting a European-wide
initiative to raise awareness of the
importance of market surveillance,
to prevent non-compliant and
potentially unsafe machinery
entering the European market.

The new initiative was launched at
a conference in Brussels in
November 2011, hosted by the
European Commission, at which
Thorworld managing director John
Meale chaired a discussion on
Market Surveillance to Protect
Innovation. The
event was an
unprecedented
partnership
between seven
major
European trade organisations.

A 10-point manifesto has been
launched, with action points that
include ensuring the allocation of
sufficient resources to control
compliance of machinery entering
the European market; better
coordination and harmonisation of
enforcement practices; and
specialised training for customs
officials to help them identify noncompliant
products.

There is also a new web-based
industry
support
platform to
assist
market
surveillance
authorities,
importers and users
in checking the conformity of
machines.