Republic of Bulgaria
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About the agency

ДАМТНSTATE AGENCY FOR METROLOGICAL AND TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE (SAMTS) is the state surveillance authority performing the national policy in the field of:

  • Market surveillance of products placed on the market and/or put into service under the scope of over 25 New Approach Directives;
  • Technical inspection of high-risk equipment;
  • Quality control of liquid fuels;
  • Metrological supervision;
  • Designation of conformity assessment bodies.

The SAMTS activities are regulated by the following 9 laws:

  • Law on technical requirements for products (LTRP);
  • Law on consumer protection (LCP);
  • Law on environmental protection (LEP);
  • Law on ambient clean air (LACA);
  • Law on measurements (LM) ;
  • Law on automobile transport (LAT);
  • Waste management act (WMA);
  • Law on medical devices (LMD);
  • Renewable energy sources law (RESL).

Main objectives in carrying out SAMTS activities are:

  • Protection of society and environment against dangerous and non-complying with the essential requirements industrial products, dangerous for use high risk equipment, false measuring results and liquid fuels of poor quality;
  • Ensuring equal conditions for marketing of products, which fall within the competencies of SAMTS, on the Bulgarian market as part of the single European market;
  • To support the functioning of the national conformity assessment system.

At present  SAMTS has 381 employees and the follow structure:

  • Management (President, Vice President, Secretary General) and the units directly subordinated to the President;
  • General Administration:
    • Directorate “Administrative, legal and information services”;
    • Directorate ”Financial and business activities and property management”;
  • Specialized Administration:
  • Market surveillance;
  • Technical inspection;
  • Quality control of liquid fuels;
  • Metrological supervision;
  • Planning, coordination, control and designation of conformity assessment bodies.

The specific results of SAMTS activities in the period 2009 - 2011 as well as the target values of realization indicators for 2012 can be seen in the table below:

REPORTED AND TARGET VALUES OF INDICATORS FOR REALIZATION
Program „Quality infrastructure in support of Bulgarian economy development”

Reported value Target value
Indicators for realization Measuring unit 2009 2010 2011 2012
Information transfers regarding the notification of  conformity assessment bodies to the EC
 Number 46 184 148 116
Checks of conformity assessment bodies Number 76 91 129 160
Checks of measuring instruments, planned and upon signals Number 12806 19058 23684 12800

Checks of prepackages

batches with same quantity

individual packages with different quantity

 Number

 

1641

5758

 

1078

4798

 

1995

6016

 

950

4200
Checks pursuant to received/sent notifications under the Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Consumer Goods (RAPEX) Number 734 899 633 *
Tested types of products for market surveillance purposes Number 92 36 28 40
Suspended or prohibited for distribution products under LTRP Number 7470 33147 9256 *
Checks for observation of technical legislation under LTRP, LM, LAT, WMA Number 20807 20581 17912 13900
Technical inspections of high-risk equipment Number 16227 16589 16203 16500
Inspections of licensed and registered companies Number 705 699 948 700
Control on workshops for installation and repairing of tachographs
 Number 78 108 127 100
Inspections of fuel supply stations Number 436 484 509 500
Tested liquid fuel samples Number 1622 1915 980 960
Issued acts for administrative violations of laws Number 2562 2496 2717 *
Issued penal acts Number 1981 2174 2264 *
Issued licenses, designation orders, permissions, registrations according to LTRP, LM, Ordinance no. Н-18 under Law on Value Added Tax and Income Taxes on Natural Persons Acts, Ordinance No 35 under the LAT Number 628 598 1442 *

* impossible to plan

In the light of EU growing requirements to the protection of society and environment against dangerous and non-complained with the essential requirements consumer products, dangerous for use high risk equipment, false measurements and liquid fuels of poor quality as well as in the light of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, the SAMTS responsibilities and activities as a state surveillance authority will play more important role in ensuring the protection of life and health of persons, safety of domestic animals, the consumer interests and the protection of environment and property, when the placed on the market and/or put into service products are properly installed, maintained and used for their intended purpose.
 
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