This two-day workshop brought together 29 participants from various institutions, including the Directorate for European Integration of BiH and the institutions within the market surveillance system: Market Surveillance Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the inspectorates from Republic of Srpska, Federation of BiH, and Brčko District of BiH, as well as cantonal administrations for inspection affairs.

TAIEX Expert Mission on Market Surveillance of Toys Made Available on the Market Online and Offline was held in January. During this event, participants showed great interest in market surveillance of toys, which led to organization of the workshop as a continuation of the training on this topic.

The objective of the workshop was to improve knowledge of the applicable regulations in the field of toy safety and their implementation in practice through presentations and exchange of experiences with expert lecturers from the European Union. Additionally, the workshop aimed to provide insight into the level of alignment of market surveillance procedures in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the practices of the EU Member States.

Ms Maureen Logghe from Belgium and Ms Daniela Schachner from Austria shared their knowledge and extensive experience in market surveillance of this product category with the participants.

The participants were provided with guidelines for further improvement of the toy market surveillance system by interpreting the Explanatory Guidance Document for Toy Safety Directive and the Technical Documentation Guidance Document for Toy Safety Directive, and through practical examples and exercises.

Tools for risk assessment, search and classification of chemicals were presented. In addition, test reports and the correctness of technical documentation were analysed. Through numerous practical examples, the experts introduced the participants to the challenges they may encounter in their work, with special reference to the challenge posed by products sold online.