Recommendation M: Use of Market Surveillance Infrastructure as a Complementary Means to Protect Users against Counterfeit Goods

Recommendation M suggests to governments to explore the possibility, wherever feasible and where the national legal framework permits, to involve their market surveillance authorities in the fight against counterfeit goods – in a complementary way to existing national legal mechanisms. Recommendation M was first approved in 2007. The current version is aligned with United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) updated guidance on consumer protection and other relevant references and have integrated a more assertive and action-oriented language. It further provides guidance to demonstrate how implementers can comply with the recommended practices.