Within most of the joint market surveillance actions coordinated by PROSAFE, a number of important topics related to market surveillance (such as Risk Assessment) are focused upon. These are sometimes also called 'core activities' or 'method development activities' or 'horizontal activities' since they have a wide-ranging impact and cut across various aspects within a particular joint action. Take a look a the TABS below to go over the main topics covered by the various joint actions.
Alexander Kälberer is working as a Market Surveillance Inspector of the Trade Inspectorate in the province Bavaria in Germany since 2008. He is responsible for the execution of the German product safety law and associated EU-directives.
In 1998 he graduated as an Industrial Engineer at the University of Applied Sciences in Kempten (Bavaria) and is experienced as a Product Manager with focus on safety components for machinery products. He represents the German Market Surveillance Authority in PROSAFE since 2017 and is a Task Leader of the JA2016 Climbing Equipment activity.
Graduated from the University of Leuven, Belgium, with a Master in Business Administration and another MA in European Studies: International Perspectives. Ioana Sandu has been working at PROSAFE (Product Safety Forum of Europe) for over 9 years, were she now holds the position of Executive Director. At PROSAFE, Ioana Sandu represents the interests of market surveillance authorities throughout Europe and contributes to improving the safety and compliance of products and services in the EEA, directly collaborating with internationally based consultants in the project management of Joint Market Surveillance Actions between the Member States.
Mr. Barut Matkovic is an international expert with more than 20 years of profession experience that holds a University Degree in Mechanical Engineering awarded at the University of Ljubljana and a Diploma in Market Surveillance at the Academy of Public Administration of Slovenia. Out of them, he has dedicated 15 years to the area of Free Movement of Goods (Market Surveillance, Technical Barriers to Trade and Quality Infrastructure) in EU countries, IPA countries and ENPI Neighbourhood countries
Borut has more than 13 years of experience enforcing Market Surveillance legislation, including 13 years as Senior Official and Leading Technical expert in National Authorities in Slovenia responsible for Market Surveillance and also as Key Expert supporting the Market Surveillance authorities in Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Albania. He started his career as a Senior Official for Global & New Approach Directives at the Market Inspectorate of the Ministry of Economy of Slovenia, where he accumulated significant experience of over 8 years in supporting the country's approximation process of the Slovenian Market Surveillance system the EU regulatory, legislative and technical framework. His work significantly contributed to successful accession of Slovenia into the EU in this field. In addition, he has over 3 years of experience as Senior inspector and leading technical expert at the Ministry of Infrastructure - Inspectorate for Transport, Energy.
Moreover, Barut has a broaden experience of 7 years working as Key expert and Senior Expert on EU projects in the field of reforming Quality Infrastructure and Market Surveillance and Consumer protection in transition countries. He took part in over 17 EC funded projects directly supporting the development of Market Surveillance Systems and removal of TBT (Moldova, Kosovo, BiH, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Myanmar and Mongolia, among others). He has acquired extensive experience in setting-up and enforcing Market Surveillance systems, in the field of technical industrial products covered by New Approach Directives, including drafting guidelines, legislation, transposing and enforcing EU regulations.
In addition, he has a comprehensive knowledge of European legislation and standardization related to free movement of goods for product safety and consumer protection; and extensive experience in establishment and work of EU internal market entity and risk-based management according to the ISO 31000 standard and risk assessment according RAPEX guidelines. He was also Slovenian RAPEX contact point.
He has extensive and professional experience in the field of: standardisation, conformity assessment testing, metrology, accreditation as per EN ISO/IEC 17020 and 17025 standards, legal approximation and transp osition of EU acquis communautaire into national legislation.