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Article 41e – Prioritisation of market surveillance activities and mutual assistance among authorities

PPE Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (EU) 2016/425 · Consolidated version of 29 May 2026 · Official text on EUR-Lex

CHAPTER VI – UNION MARKET SURVEILLANCE, CONTROL OF PPE ENTERING THE UNION MARKET AND UNION SAFEGUARD PROCEDURE

1. Member States shall prioritise the market surveillance activities for PPE listed in the implementing act referred to in Article 41a(1) of this Regulation. The Commission shall facilitate coordination of such prioritisation efforts through the Union Product Compliance Network established under Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020.

2. The market surveillance authorities of the Member States shall ensure that best efforts are made to provide assistance to other market surveillance authorities during an internal market emergency mode, including by mobilising and dispatching expert teams to temporarily reinforce the staff of market surveillance authorities requesting assistance or by providing logistical support, such as the reinforcement of the testing capacity for PPE listed in the implementing act referred to in Article 41a(1).

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Contents of the act: Personal Protective Equipment Regulation