Commission Report 2002 (Romania)

Chapter 23: Consumers and health protection

Alignment of legislation has continued, but progress in strengthening market surveillance and enforcement authorities is slow. The implementation of the five-year strategy for the National Authority for Consumer Protection has started as planned. The overall responsibility for a market surveillance system was given to the National Authority for Consumer Protection as laid out in the Action Plan, but the strengthening of its administrative capacity remains to be seen. Further improvement of information technology infrastructure and modernisation of decentralised laboratories have not been addressed yet. Overall, the Accession Partnership priorities have been partially met. The implementation of the measures under the Action Plan is largely on track.