State Mining Authority and  5 District Mining Authorities      

General Market Surveillance Programme

A description of the national structure and the distribution of the responsibilities

The subjects of the market surveillance under the Slovak National Council Act No. 51/1988 Coll. on mining activity, explosives and state mining administration in the next wording as amended (Directive 94/22) are in particular: 
•	explosives and  pyrotechnic articles for civil use  
•	exclusive technical equipment – lifting, electrical, pressure, gas equipment 
•	selected mining machinery, apparatuses and appliances, which are not designated products

Selected mining machinery, equipment, apparatuses and appliances which are not designated products are devices, which are not subject to conformity assessment under a special regulation before they are put into service.
Selected mining equipment, which are not designated products are: 
a)	Machinery and equipment for the  production of explosives,
b)	non-rail mining machines with the combustion engine or with the electric engines are being used in the underground 
c)	analysers, indicators and detectors to detect the components of mining air, including their accessories, designated for the underground 
d)	respiration and  resuscitating apparatus for mining rescue service, including their accessories
e)	self-rescue  apparatuses
f)	fire extinguishers, fixed fire-fighting equipment or fire extinguishing systems, other than the fixed fire extinguishing equipment installed in machines, mechanisms, technical equipment, electric fire alarms or other signalization notifying of  the fire, installed in machines, mechanisms, technical facilities, when designated for the underground
g)	personal lighting for the underground
h)	devices and equipment for trouble free condition control of underground electrical equipment, except for over current protection.

Contact Person : Mgr. Ing. Vladimír Nárožný

3. The general national organisation as regards the human resources and technical means of the involved market surveillance bodies.
Organizational Structure : State  Mining Authority and 5 District Mining Authorities namely in Bratislava, Banska Bystrica, Košice, Prievidza and Spišska Nova Ves are main mining supervisory bodies
Number of Employees :  Total – 82, out of which 56 mining inspectors equipped with information technology

4. The general approach as regards the monitoring intervention e.g. proactive and
reactive controls and the precautionary principle.

Proactive control :  Manages and performs  according to the Annual Plan of Major Tasks. 

Reactive Control: Is performed as a follow-up control, it investigates how deficiencies identified by the previous inspection were taken care of by employees. Controls are carried out not only when related to work injuries, accidents or extraordinary event but regularly in course of the every year.
Controls are carried out according to the internal methodology guidelines for the performance of inspection activities.

5. A description of the approach followed for setting up priorities within the large
field of products/sectors to be covered by monitoring activities

Priority: High priority is given to the explosives and pyrotechnic articles for civil use, such as products with the greatest potential degree of risk in the process of their production, handling and use.

6. The general principles governing the evaluation of the risks (risk management and
risk assessment).

Risk assessment: Major market surveillance authorities require that the supervised organizations elaborate the risk assessment relating to explosives, pyrotechnic articles  and technical equipment. The basis  is product risks and risk of storing, handling and using of these products.

7. The organisation, at horizontal level, of cooperation between national authorities
including customs, but also with relevant stakeholders and organisations

Cooperation: At the horizontal level it is done particularly with the Slovak Trade Inspectorate in the area of explosives and pyrotechnic articles .

8. The period of time to which it refers (annual, biennial). The objectives/activities
could also be spread out to long, medium and short term.
Period: Specific annual in accordance with the Major Tasks Plan and at the same time long-term in accordance with the General Plan of Inspection Activities.

9. The general approach to be used to inform the relevant parties in relation to the severity of the risk;
Informing relevant parties: Information boards of the authorities, web site of State Mining Authority.

ANNEX: Sectoral National Market Surveillance Programme

SECTORAL NATIONAL MARKET SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME(s) (Sectoral NMSP)

Member State: Slovak Republic
Surveillance Authority: State Mining Authority	+ 5     District Mining Authorities      																		                    		
Planning for: 2010
Responsible person: Mgr. Ing. Vladimír Nárožný:
e-mail address: 
hbu@hbu.sk; obuba@obu.sk; 
obubb@mail.t-com.sk; 
obuke@isternet.sk; 
obupd@obu.sk; 
obusnv@obu.sk

No of EU
legislation
applicable	Sector
	Description
of the
product or
category	Type of
monitoring
	Monitoring
motivation
	Monitoring
activity
	Priority

	Starting
period or
date	Project manager
Generalities	
Directive 93/15/EEC	Explosives for civil use	Explosive substances or articles according Act 163/2001 Coll.	reactive

	-Complaints 
-own estimation of  market situation
-impetus from other MS authority	Administration of permits in the field of explosives for civil use	high	4Q	Contact person: Vladimir Narozny
e-mail narozny@hbu.sk..	
Directive 93/15/EEC	Explosives for civil use	Explosive substances or articles according Act 163/2001 Coll.	reactive
		- control of activities in the district mining authorities in the field of  explosives 				
Directive 93/15/EEC	Explosives for civil use	Explosive substances or articles according Act 163/2001 Coll.	proactive		-monitoring of market in cooperation with Slovak Trade Inspection				
Directive 2007/23/EC	Pyrotechnic articles	Pyrotechnic products intended for technical purposes or for entertainment and celebration use	reactive		Monitoring of the market and storage, administrative control of required documents	High	4Q		
Directive 2007/23/EC	Pyrotechnic articles	Pyrotechnic products intended for technical purposes or for entertainment and celebration use	reactive		- Control of activities in the district mining authorities in the field of pyrotechnic products				
ATEX	Technical equipment and protective systems	Technical equipment and protective systems relating to equipment in underground mines and parts of surface installations	- reactive
- proactive		-Control of activities in the district mining offices in the field of technical equipment and protective systems intended for use in explosive atmospheres 	high	4Q