Market Surveillance Regulation (MSR)

MSR Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 · Consolidated version of 12 Aug 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

Contents of the act

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 – Subject matter
• Article 2 – Scope
• Article 3 – Definitions

CHAPTER II – TASKS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 4 – Tasks of economic operators regarding products subject to certain Union harmonisation legislation
• Article 5 – Authorised representative
• Article 6 – Distance sales
• Article 7 – Obligation of cooperation

CHAPTER III – ASSISTANCE TO AND COOPERATION WITH ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 8 – Information to economic operators
• Article 9 – Joint activities to promote compliance

CHAPTER IV – ORGANISATION, ACTIVITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF MARKET SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITIES AND THE SINGLE LIAISON OFFICE

• Article 10 – Designation of market surveillance authorities and the single liaison office
• Article 11 – Activities of market surveillance authorities
• Article 12 – Peer reviews
• Article 13 – National market surveillance strategies

CHAPTER V – MARKET SURVEILLANCE POWERS AND MEASURES

• Article 14 – Powers of market surveillance authorities
• Article 15 – Recovery of costs by market surveillance authorities
• Article 16 – Market surveillance measures
• Article 17 – Use of information, professional and commercial secrecy
• Article 18 – Procedural rights of economic operators
• Article 19 – Products presenting a serious risk
• Article 20 – Rapid Information Exchange System
• Article 21 – Union testing facilities

CHAPTER VI – CROSS-BORDER MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

• Article 22 – Mutual Assistance
• Article 23 – Requests for enforcement measures
• Article 24 – Procedure for mutual assistance requests

CHAPTER VII – PRODUCTS ENTERING THE UNION MARKET

• Article 25 – Controls on products entering the Union market
• Article 26 – Suspension of release for free circulation
• Article 27 – Release for free circulation
• Article 28 – Refusal to release for free circulation

CHAPTER VIII – COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

• Article 29 – Union Product Compliance Network
• Article 30 – Composition and functioning of the Network
• Article 31 – Role and tasks of the Network
• Article 32 – Role and tasks of administrative cooperation groups
• Article 33 – Role and tasks of the Commission
• Article 34 – Information and communication system
• Article 35 – International cooperation

CHAPTER IX – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Article 36 – Financing activities
• Article 37 – Protection of the financial interests of the Union

CHAPTER X – AMENDMENTS

• Article 38 – Amendments to Directive 2004/42/EC
• Article 39 – Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008
• Article 40 – Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011

CHAPTER XI – FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 41 – Penalties
• Article 42 – Evaluation, review and guidelines
• Article 43 – Committee procedure
• Article 44 – Entry into force and application

Annexes

• ANNEX I – List of Union harmonisation legislation
• ANNEX II – List of Union harmonisation legislation without provisions on penalties