Article 14 — Powers of market surveillance authorities

Market Surveillance Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020

What does MARKET-SURVEILLANCE Article 14 say?

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1. Member States shall confer on their market surveillance authorities the powers of market surveillance, investigation and enforcement necessary for the application of this Regulation and for the application of Union harmonisation legislation. 2.

Source: Market Surveillance Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, read 2026-10-13.

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1. Member States shall confer on their market surveillance authorities the powers of market surveillance, investigation and enforcement necessary for the application of this Regulation and for the application of Union harmonisation legislation.

2. Market surveillance authorities shall exercise the powers set out in this Article efficiently and effectively, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, to the extent that such exercise relates to the subject matter and the purpose of the measures and the nature and the overall actual or potential harm resulting from the instance of non-compliance. Powers shall be conferred and exercised in accordance with Union and national law, including the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as with principles of national law relating to freedom of expression and the freedom and pluralism of the media, with applicable procedural safeguards and with the Union rules on data protection, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

3. When conferring powers under paragraph 1, Member States may provide for the power to be exercisable in one of the following ways, as appropriate:

(a) directly by the market surveillance authorities under their own authority;

(b) by recourse to other public authorities in accordance with the division of powers and the institutional and administrative organisation of the Member State in question;

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