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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10377
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers

RAPEX more effective - EU-Chinese cooperation too

Brussels, 12/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - 2,244. That is the record number of unsafe consumer products banned, withdrawn or recalled last year after being found on the European market and flagged up by member states (an increase of 13% on 2009). This is good news for consumer safety and a feather in the cap of RAPEX, the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products (apart from pharmaceutical products and medical equipment), the annual report of which was published by the European...

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