ClickAway - EU Tools & Databases

ICSMS (Information and Communication System for Market Surveillance) is the comprehensive communication platform for market surveillance on non-food products and for mutual recognition for goods. The ICSMS database covers a wide range of products and compliance areas, including Energy Labelling and Ecodesign.

MSAs use the EPREL database primarily for inspection categories related to energy efficiency and labeling of products.

Safety Gate is the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products.

The ‘Blue Guide’ on the implementation of EU product rules 2022. The Guide is a non-binding instrument and is meant for a better understanding of EU product rules and facilitation of their uniform application across sectors throughout the Single Market. Its latest version is a substantial update and takes into account developments that have come up since 2016, particulalry in relation to the Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020.

As the registration of products is mandatory, manual generation of labels is only intended to “reproduce” labels for specific graphical needs (e.g. brochures or printouts on boxes). Energy label templates have become available by the European Commission for this purpose (InDesign and other file formats). Download them via this link.

The yearly “EU energy in figures - statistical pocketbook” providing an annual overview of energy-related structural statistics in the EU and in individual EU countries.

The single notification window is an EU platform that provides one central point for Member States’ notification obligations that are relevant for the single market.

TARIC, the integrated Tariff of the European Union, is a multilingual database integrating all measures relating to EU customs tariff, commercial and agricultural legislation.