The Panel Session was organized to discuss how the General Market Surveillance Procedure (GMSP) - developed under the umbrella of the MARS group - could be used to meet the challenges coming from an increasing number of products on the market and the trend towards a reduced involvement of authorities in the pre-market phase. Participants also presented and discussed several examples of ongoing cooperation at the regional and international level.

Please note that this is a consolidated list of participants in all the events of the session, which included the 18th session of the Working Party, the Panel Session on the Market Surveillance Model Initiative, the Panel Session on the Sectoral Initiative on Equipment for Explosive Environments and the Panel Session on Private Standards.

Please note that this is a consolidated report of all the events of the session, which included the 18th session of the Working Party, the Panel Session on the Market Surveillance Model Initiative, the Panel Session on the Sectoral Initiative on Equipment for Explosive Environments and the Panel Session on Private Standards. The report of the panel session on the Market Surveillance Model Initiative starts on page 4