Online platforms, including China and TEMU, are restored to more rigorous customs controls after the European Commission pledged to stop the flow of what you call “dangerous products” to the European Union markets.
Many billions of low -value goods that reach every year are not compatible with the bloc regulations, leaving European companies that follow the rules in a non -favorable position against competitors who claim to sell insecure or fake elements.
The Vice President of the European Commission, Hina Ferkkon, noted that the increase in e -commerce brought “many challenges” to the European Union, with an increasing risk to consumer health and safety. “We want to see a competitive e -commerce sector that maintains the safety of consumers, offers comfortable products, and respects the environment,” she said.
The figures indicate that 4.6 billion low-value parcels entered the European Union last year-about 12 million per day-three times the size of 2022. To address this issue, the committee published a political paper that determines its intention to cooperate with national customs agencies through the 27 member states. The focus will be On the removal of unsafe products sold online, promoting market control, and expanding the product test.
In addition to health and safety concerns, officials are concerned about the environmental impact of cheap imports produced by the mass, from the carbon fingerprint created by manufacturing and shipping to the challenges of recycling low or toxic materials. The Committee called on the legislators to cancel the exemption from the duty of imports at a price of less than 150 euros (125 pounds) and offered possible chants for retailers to cover the installation costs to oversee compliance.
This step draws similarities with the United States, where Chinese retailers in fast fashion lost reaching a long -term vulnerability when Donald Trump imposed a 10 % tariff on Chinese imports, and ending exempt charges from fees for commodities of less than $ 800 (638 pounds) . The European Union campaign also intensified after the committee began legal procedures against the Chinese market in October, noting the alleged failures in stopping the sale of illegal products.