EC market surveillance: The role of ATEX Adco structure for workers and plant safety

ATEX Adco is the European Administrative cooperation working group composed of representatives of Member States market surveillance authorities and were established to pursue the following objectives: 1) to achieve of a uniformly high level of enforcement of the relevant EU legislation; 2) to exchange information between Member States´ authorities concerning the national market surveillance mechanisms and the adopted solutions; 3) to reduce the overlapping of national surveillance operations; 4) to assure good market surveillance practices, to exchange views and solve practical problems arising during surveillance phases. The purpose of this article is to make a review of ATEX EC market survey efficiency according to the Ex equipment and protective system, the penalties, the consequences of noncompliance with point of views made by Member States, Ex NB, end user and manufacturer.