--- title: "EU MSR deadlines and compliance calendar" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/market-surveillance-regulation/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/market-surveillance-regulation/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Key dates for Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 covering early application from 1 January 2021 for Articles 29 to 33 and 36, general application from 16 July 2021." published_at: "2026-02-21" updated_at: "2026-02-21" keywords: - "EU MSR deadlines" - "Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 key dates" - "MSR application date 16 July 2021" - "MSR early application 1 January 2021" - "MSR penalties notification 16 October 2021" - "MSR evaluation 31 December 2026" - "Article 44" - "application dates" - "penalties" - "evaluation" - "MSR timeline" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # EU MSR deadlines and compliance calendar Key dates for Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 covering early application from 1 January 2021 for Articles 29 to 33 and 36, general application from 16 July 2021. *Calendar* *EU* ## EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Key dates and calendar A calendar you can turn into workstreams and release gates. Focus: application dates, penalties notifications, and evaluation milestones that drive enforcement readiness planning. MSR enforcement is continuous, but the Regulation and the current Commission implementation material give you a small set of dates that matter operationally: early application of the cooperation and network structure, general application from 16 July 2021, penalty-notification timing, annual customs statistics and Commission reporting, and the later Commission follow-up on Article 4 implementation. ## 1) Application dates under Article 44 The Regulation applies from 16 July 2021, but Articles 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 36 applied earlier from 1 January 2021. Those earlier articles matter because they cover the Network, ADCOs, Commission support, and financing. Treat 1 January 2021 as the start of the coordinated-enforcement layer and 16 July 2021 as the point when the core operator and channel obligations became generally live. - 1 January 2021: Articles 29 to 33 and 36 started to apply. - 16 July 2021: general application date and replacement of the market-surveillance provisions of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008. - Use new product families, new storefronts, and new fulfilment models as re-check points against the live MSR baseline. ## 2) Penalties, annual customs reporting, and review milestones Article 41 required Member States to notify penalty rules by 16 October 2021. Article 25 adds a yearly customs-reporting cycle that is easy to miss but useful for understanding enforcement focus. These are the dates that show the Regulation is not static: Member States, customs authorities, and the Commission keep feeding the system. - 16 October 2021: Member States had to notify penalty rules to the Commission under Article 41(3). - 31 March each year: Member States submit Article 25 customs-control statistics for the previous calendar year. - 30 June each year: the Commission draws up and publishes the Article 25 customs-control report in the Article 34 system. - 16 July 2024: first regular Network evaluation of national market-surveillance strategies under Article 31(2)(o). *Recommended next step* *Placement: after the timeline or milestone section* ## Turn EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Key dates and calendar into an operational assessment Assessment Autopilot can take EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Key dates and calendar from planning deadlines, owners, and milestones from this page to a reusable workflow inside Sorena. Teams working on EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 can keep owners, evidence, and next steps aligned without copying this guide into separate documents. - [Open Assessment Autopilot for EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Key dates and calendar](/solutions/assessment.md): Start from EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Key dates and calendar and turn the guidance into owned tasks, evidence requests, and review checkpoints. - [Talk through EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020](/contact.md): Review your current process, evidence gaps, and next steps for EU Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 Key dates and calendar. ## 3) Article 4 follow-up and current-state milestones Article 42(3) set a 16 July 2023 deadline for the Commission report on Article 4 implementation. The official implementation report was published in 2025 and now gives the best current high-level view of how Article 4 worked in practice from 2021 to 2023. Use that report, together with the 2021 Article 4 guidance notice, as the current policy baseline for non-EU manufacturers, importers, authorised representatives, and fulfilment-service providers. - 16 July 2023: statutory deadline in Article 42(3) for the Article 4 implementation report. - 3 March 2025: Commission report on the implementation of Article 4 published on EUR-Lex. - 31 December 2026: broader Commission evaluation deadline under Article 42(1), then every five years. ## Primary sources - [Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 - Articles 25, 31, 41, 42, and 44 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1020/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Primary source for application dates, annual customs reporting, penalties, and evaluation milestones. - [Report on the implementation of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (EUR-Lex)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52025DC0063&ref=sorena.io) - Current official report on Article 4 implementation published in 2025. - [European Commission market surveillance for products page](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/goods/building-blocks/market-surveillance/products_en?ref=sorena.io) - 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