A Member State authority designated to carry out market surveillance in its territory.
A market surveillance authority is the designated national body responsible for market surveillance. In the battery context, such authorities can access particular passport information under the Battery Regulation. That access is context, separate from the general legal definition of the authority.
A market surveillance authority is a Member State-designated authority responsible for market surveillance in its territory.
Do not fold all battery-enforcement powers into the definition.
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Article 3(4) anchors the Member State authority role, not an unrestricted set of powers.
EU Market Surveillance Regulation
‘market surveillance authority’ means an authority designated by a Member State under Article 10 as responsible for carrying out market surveillance in the territory of that Member State;
Formal definition in the cited source and edition; scope and application follow that instrument. Consolidated EUR-Lex text is a documentation tool; the Official Journal text is authentic.
Reference: Article 3(4)
Officially defined in the cited source. The verbatim source passage is shown separately from Minespider’s explanatory text; applicability follows that source.
Separate the authority identity and statutory access entitlement from the product data that the authority requests.
An authority-facing request needs an auditable legal basis and disclosed dataset, not blanket exposure of every passport field.
Source anchor; see source context and definition status.
Open referenceSource anchor; see source context and definition status.
Open reference