{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1020/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1020/article-32.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1020",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1020",
  "path": "article/32",
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  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Role and tasks of administrative cooperation groups",
  "text": "1. In carrying out the tasks set out in paragraph 2, ADCOs shall address specific matters related to market surveillance and sector specific issues.\n2. ADCOs shall have the following tasks:\n(a) to facilitate the uniform application of Union harmonisation legislation within their area of competence with a view to increasing the efficiency of market surveillance throughout the internal market;\n(b) to promote communication between market surveillance authorities and the Network and develop mutual confidence between market surveillance authorities;\n(c) to establish and coordinate common projects, such as cross-border joint market surveillance activities;\n(d) to develop common practices and methodologies for effective market surveillance;\n(e) to inform each other of national market surveillance methods and activities and to develop and promote best practices;\n(f) to identify issues of shared interest relating to market surveillance and suggest common approaches to be adopted;\n(g) to facilitate sector-specific evaluations of products, including risk assessments, test methods and results, recent scientific developments and other aspects relevant to control activities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1020/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:18.106965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}