On October
1, 2002 with the purpose to improve
effectiveness of realization the State policy in the
sphere of consumer’s right
protection and according to Clause
15, Part 1 of the Article 106 of Constitution of Ukraine by
the Order of the President
of Ukraine
there was established a Central executive body with a special status – State
committee on technical regulation and consumer policy of Ukraine.
Technical
Regulation:
Systems of
standardization, metrology and certification are the main components of
technical regulation as the base for reliable consumer’s right protection:
Standardization
is an activity that lies in setting up the provisions on real and possible
tasks for general use, with the purpose to achieve the optimal level of
regulation in specific sphere, that results in
improving the conformity level of product, process and service to their
functional appointment, barriers to trade and assistance to scientific and
technical cooperation.
Metrology
is the science of measurement that includes theoretic as well as practical
measuring aspects in all the spheres of science and technology.
Certification
is the procedure with the help of which definitely recognized body certifies
the conformity of products, quality systems, quality management systems,
environmental quality systems and staff to the requirements defined by the
legislation.
Consumer
policy: creation of favorable conditions for saturation of
consumer market with safe goods (works, services) of high quality, improvement
of health safety and consumer safety, modernization of Ukrainian legislation on
consumer’s right protection, its adaptation to EU
legislation.
The main
task of Derhspozhyvstandard of Ukraine
is providing of realization of State policy in the sphere of consumer’s right
protection, standardization, metrology and certification, performance of
management in this sphere as well as intersectorial
coordination and functional regulation on consumer’s right protection,
standardization, metrology and certification.
The main
purpose of Derzhspozhyvstandard of Ukraine
is enforcement of consumer’s right protection through modernization of
technical regulation system.
Priority trends of activity
Creation
of market mechanisms for consumer’s right protection adequate to European
requirements.
Adhere to
balance of consumers, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, authorities’ interest in
priority providing of State policy in the sphere of consumer’s right protection.
Raise
of efficiency in functioning of National technical regulation system in favor
of consumers, based on the harmonization of Legislation to the requirements of
World Trade Organization and European Union.
Modernization
of State monitoring and surveillance on consumer market and manufacture.
Continuation
of work on establishment of structure divisions on consumer’s right protection
in local governments.
Re-orientation
of the main standardization and certification tasks to the needs of average
citizen.
Use
of administrative source for support of national manufacturer with the purpose
to protect Ukrainian market from dangerous and adulterated goods.
Provision
of balance between technical regulation and consumer policy.
Widening
the cooperation practice with manufacturers in the direction of detection of
adulterated goods, works and services.
