Proactive market surveillance of hand-held electric orbital sanders completed

Market Surveillance Agency of BiH and market inspections of the Federation of BiH, Republic of Srpska and Brčko District of BiH have completed joint market surveillance of hand-held electric orbital sanders. 

Market Surveillance Agency of BiH and market inspection authorities of the Federation of BiH, Republic of Srpska and Brčko District of BiH completed the joint market surveillance of hand-held electric orbital sanders. This is the proactive surveillance of products covered by the Order on the safety of machinery (Official Gazette of BiH, 04/10) carried out by the Agency and the competent inspection authorities in 2025.

The main objective of the surveillance was to determine whether the hand-held electric orbital sanders that are available on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina are safe for consumers to use.

During the implementation of proactive surveillance, 7 inspection controls were conducted and 5 various types of hand-held electric orbital sanders were tested.

It was determined that two (2) controlled types of products (40%) did not comply with the safety requirements of the Order on the safety of machinery and they may pose a risk of injury to consumers.

Competent inspection authorities ordered the economic operator to take measures of temporary withdrawal of the non-compliant products from the market until the non-compliances are removed.

The economic operator brought one type of the non-compliant hand-held electric orbital sanders (total of 119 products) into compliance with the provisions of the Order on the safety of machinery. The non-compliant hand-held electric orbital sanders (total of 7 products) of the other type were withdrawn from the market and destroyed.