Proactive market surveillance of hand-held engine driven grass trimmers completed

Market Surveillance Agency of BiH and market inspections of the BiH entities and Brčko District of BiH completed joint market surveillance of hand-held engine driven grass trimmers. Market Surveillance Agency of BiH and market inspections of the BiH entities and Brčko District of BiH completed joint market surveillance of hand-held engine driven grass trimmers. This is one of the two product groups covered by the Order on the safety of machinery (Official Gazette of BiH, 04/10), that were subject to surveillance carried out in 2021. The aim of the market surveillance was to determine whether the hand-held engine driven grass trimmers placed on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina are safe to use.

During the implementation of proactive surveillance, 12 inspection controls were conducted and 9 models/types of hand-held engine driven grass trimmers were controlled. It was found that 3 models/types of the trimmers (27%) do not comply with the safety requirements of the Order on the safety of machinery and they pose a risk of injuries to users.

Competent inspection bodies ordered temporary withdrawal of the non-compliant products from the market until the non-compliances are removed. Economic operators removed the non-compliances in 3 types of the non-compliant trimmers (total of 287 products), while 1 product was withdrawn from the market and destroyed.