China has made considerable progress in ensuring the safety of
toys exported to the European Union (EU), the European Commission
said yesterday.
"The analysis of the RAPEX-China report showed that the Chinese
administration has made a significant effort with respect to RAPEX
enforcement actions," the commission, which is the EU's executive
body, said in a statement.
RAPEX is the EU's rapid alert system for dangerous consumer
goods.
Since last year, the EU has been relaying information to China
about unsafe products of Chinese origin discovered in the European
market.
China agreed in July to present a detailed report on prevention
measures and the follow-up to European alerts in October after
Mattel, the world's largest toymaker, made massive recalls of
Chinese-made products.
According to the commission, the report showed that 184 cases
were fully investigated from July to September, and corrective
action taken in 43 percent of the cases.
By next month, China will put in place a domestic alert system
modeled on the RAPEX system to coordinate work across various
regions and increase effective cooperation.
(Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2007)
