The present call for proposals relates to the financing mechanisms for specific joint actions between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws, in the framework of objective I Action 2 of the Consumer Programme 2014-2020: "Coordination of market surveillance and enforcement actions on product safety with regard to Directive 2001/95/EC, and actions to improve consumer services safety".

• GPSD-01-2014 - Joint actions in the area of the safety of non-food consumer products and services, under Directive 2001/95/EC

The joint actions may cover one or more of the following aspects of administrative cross-border co-operation activities related to surveillance and enforcement of European Union safety requirements for non-food consumer products:

• Product testing;
• Market surveillance operations;
• Exchange of expertise and development and exchange of best practice related to risk assessment, product testing and market surveillance;
• Meetings and workshops included in the project.

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 2,00 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 07 October 2014 - 5 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Official page of the Call

• Call for proposals (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Non profit organisations

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)

Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection

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