The main objective of the surveillance was to determine whether the laser products on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina are safe to use. In order to place laser products on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, they shall be safe in accordance with the Law on General Product Safety (Official Gazette of BiH, 102/09). Laser products are safe if they meet safety requirements specified in the BiH standard BAS EN 60825-1:2016.

During the implementation of proactive surveillance, 7 inspection controls were carried out. Inspectors performed administrative control of product markings and instructions for use, and they selected seven (7) samples for laboratory testing. Laboratory tests showed that all of the 7 models pose serious risk of eye injuries and damage to sight because, according to classification in the standard BAS EN 60825-1:2016, the average laser beam power is higher than the maximum permitted power. In addition, the products are not labelled with the required warnings and user information specified in the standard BAS EN 60825-1:2016. Either voluntarily or by the order of the inspection authorities, economic operators withdrew from the market and destroyed all of the 7 unsafe models of laser products (total of 381 products).

Based on the results of surveillance, it can be concluded that the situation on the market of BiH in terms of the safety of laser products is still not satisfactory. We remind economic operators that the laser products of a class higher than 2M shall not be made available on the market, because they pose serious risk to consumers.