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These Regulations are established in accordance with Paragraph 4, Article 7 and Paragraph 5, Article 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the Act).

The terms and vocabulary used in these Regulations shall be defined as follows:
1. Product surveillance: for products specified in Paragraph 1 or 3, Article 7 or Paragraph 1, Article 8 of the Act, to perform inspection of sampled products, check completeness of production and distribution records and ensure consistency of safety specifications at the manufacturing stage at the production premises or warehouses.
2. Market checks: for products specified in Paragraph 1 or 3, Article 7 or Paragraph 1, Article 8 of the Act, to perform product inspection or investigation at places of distribution, production premises, warehouses, working areas, business sites or other places.

Manufacturers, importers, suppliers and the responsible persons of places mentioned in subparagraph 2 of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the person subject to inspection) shall not evade, impede or refuse the checks, investigation, inspectionor seal of products without justified reasons.

The central competent authority, labor inspection bodies and type certification bodies mentioned in Paragraph 1, Article 8 of the Act may inspect or investigate purchased or sampled products, if it is so required in order to carry out their activities.
The central competent authority may commission, in accordance with Article 52 of the Act, professional groups to purchase or sample products from the market required for market checks.