CONSUMER RIGHTS PROTECTION CENTRE

Their core work

CRPC is Latvia's national market surveillance authority responsible for enforcing EU energy efficiency regulations on consumer products. They conduct product testing and compliance checks to ensure manufacturers meet eco-design and energy labelling requirements across appliance categories including air conditioners, water heaters, tumble driers, lamps, and ventilation units. In H2020, they contribute hands-on enforcement experience and real-world testing data to pan-European coordinated market surveillance campaigns.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

CRPC's H2020 involvement shows a clear deepening of focus rather than a pivot. Their earliest project (MSTYR15, 2016) addressed tyre market surveillance, while subsequent projects (EEPLIANT2 and EEPLIANT3) concentrated specifically on energy efficiency compliance for household appliances. Over time, their work has become more technically detailed — moving from general surveillance coordination to hands-on product testing across specific appliance categories like air conditioners, water heaters, and ventilation units.

CRPC is moving toward deeper, product-specific enforcement testing for household energy appliances, making them increasingly valuable for projects requiring real regulatory enforcement data from newer EU member states.

How they like to work

CRPC participates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as a national enforcement body contributing local market surveillance capacity to EU-wide campaigns. Their 39 unique partners across 24 countries indicate they operate in large, pan-European consortia typical of coordinated market surveillance actions. This makes them easy to work with as a reliable national node in multi-country enforcement networks.

With 39 partners across 24 countries, CRPC is well-connected to the European network of national market surveillance authorities and testing bodies. Their reach spans nearly all EU member states, reflecting the pan-European nature of coordinated product compliance campaigns.

What sets them apart

CRPC brings the perspective of a smaller EU member state's enforcement authority — valuable because market surveillance effectiveness depends on consistent enforcement across ALL countries, not just the largest ones. They offer direct access to the Latvian market and regulatory environment, which is often underrepresented in pan-European compliance studies. For consortium builders, they fill the Baltic region gap that many projects need for geographic coverage.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EEPLIANT3
  Their largest project (EUR 120,931) and most recent, covering product testing across six specific appliance categories — shows growing responsibility and technical depth.
• MSTYR15
  Their earliest H2020 project, demonstrating market surveillance capability beyond energy appliances into automotive product regulation (tyres).