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22:17, July 24, 2007 |
"The large number of alerts is a function of the massive export flows in traded goods from China to the EU, which amounted to 192 billion euro in 2006, and are growing at around 20 percent per year," the Commissioner said.
Kuneva met with Li Changjiang, director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine(AQSIQ) on Monday, and director of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, on Tuesday morning.
Describing the dialogue as "frank" and "constructive", Kuneva told reporters that the Chinese side has agreed that a detailed report on prevention and follow up actions to European alerts will be submitted to the European Commission in October.
The October report will set out clearly what the Chinese authorities have done on market surveillance and their follow up actions to track down European alert notifications at source, said Kuneva.
According to the Commissioner, China and the EU have agreed to identify senior officials to cooperate closely at a high level to take forwards this work, and also agreed to step up the training seminars, exchange of officials and technical assistance.
The EU and China signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation for consumer goods safety last January, which provides the basis for bilateral cooperation in this field.
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