General Administration of Market Supervision: will strengthen the special governance of the home appliance market
Date:2021/2/26 Clicks:850
In 2020, Dong Mingzhu, a representative of the National People's Congress and chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliances, suggested increasing the supervision of the household appliances market. On February 22, the reporter learned from the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress that the proposal has been answered by the State Administration for Market Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the "General Administration for Market Regulation"). The reply revealed that it will further strengthen the supervision of household appliances, strengthen the special management of the household appliance market, do a good job in the supervision of compulsory product certification of household appliances, and resolutely refuse to issue certification for products that do not meet the certification requirements, and effectively protect the legality of consumers rights and interests.
Introduce specific regulatory measures at the national level
Dong Mingzhu believes that the appraisal of energy efficiency standards for home appliances is highly professional and costly. Generally, consumers can only judge the performance of products through the energy efficiency labels and certificates attached to the surface of the products, while some home appliances have energy efficiency labels or certificates. The existence of false bids is difficult for consumers to identify.
In response to this phenomenon, Dong Mingzhu suggested that, referring to the regulatory standards for drugs and food, the national level should introduce specific regulatory measures for the home appliance market, pass legislation to clarify the current deadlines for law enforcement administrative agencies, and open up public opinion and other social supervision channels.
In response, the State Administration of Market Supervision stated in its reply that, drawing on international practices, my country's energy efficiency labeling system mainly adopts the mode of enterprise self-labeling, filing, and supervision and inspection. The bureau adopts special inspections and law enforcement inspections to continuously strengthen energy efficiency labeling supervision.
The reply revealed that in the next step, we will continue to strengthen the supervision of household appliances, strengthen the supervision and inspection of energy efficiency labeling products, and continue to organize and carry out national supervision and spot checks on the quality of household appliances. At the same time, strengthen the establishment of management standards and special governance of the home appliance market, timely accept and handle consumer complaints and reports in accordance with the law, and strengthen the daily supervision of the home appliance market.
Carry out spot checks on the validity of CCC certified product certification
Dong Mingzhu believes that home appliance companies produce and sell substandard products, harming the interests of consumers and leading to unfair competition among industries. She suggested that the supervision of household appliances should be strengthened so that household appliance companies that produce substandard products have nowhere to hide and bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
In response, the State Administration of Market Supervision responded that it has strengthened the management of compulsory product certification for household appliances, highlighting the essential attributes of the “safety bottom line” of compulsory product certification (CCC certification), and will have close contact with consumers and directly use 19 types of household appliances. Products with similar purposes are included in the scope of CCC certification management. Products that have not obtained CCC certification shall not be shipped, sold, imported or used in other business activities.
The reply stated that the State Administration of Market Supervision organized spot checks on the validity of CCC certification, involving electric rice cookers, electric hot pots, electric fans, induction cookers and other household electrical appliances. For substandard products, certification bodies are required to suspend or revoke their CCC certificates in a timely manner deal with. At the same time, strengthen the supervision of CCC certification practitioners, focusing on the implementation of special inspections of CCC certification designated certification agencies and laboratories in the field of home appliances such as indoor heaters.
In terms of guiding local certification supervision, the reply revealed that the State Administration of Market Supervision has issued relevant notices requesting local market supervision departments to strengthen the supervision of the certification market and crack down on illegal certification activities. At the same time, the "Certification Supervision Training Textbook" was compiled and issued to the grassroots market supervision department to promote the improvement of the grassroots certification supervision ability.
In its reply, the State Administration of Market Supervision stated that it will strengthen the supervision of compulsory product certification for household appliances, and further urge CCC certification implementing agencies to strictly control the quality of certification, and resolutely not issue certification for products that do not meet the certification requirements. In addition, intensify supervision during and after the event, regularly conduct special inspections on CCC certification implementing agencies, continue to organize spot checks on the effectiveness of CCC certified product certification, and guide local market supervision departments to crack down on unlicensed products.