The continuing stalemate over the 'made in' origin labelling requirement in the draft proposal for a regulation on consumer product safety has not only stirred political tensions among member states, but it also directly endangers efforts to harmonise the EU's market surveillance system, and thus puts the competitiveness of the machinery industry in limbo.
One year ago, the European Commission proposed a package composed of two regulations: one on market surveillance - COM(2013)0075 - which aims at implementing a more…