Press Release: Customs and product safety: Commissioner Kuneva tours the port of Hamburg

European Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva toured the Port of Hamburg and met with local and regional Health and Consumer Protection Authorities to discuss cross-border co-operation between customs and market surveillance authorities. During her visit, Mrs Kuneva also highlighted the two-month stocktaking analysis of the EU product safety framework, launched following several high profile product recalls over the past months: first results are to be unveiled tomorrow at a press conference in Brussels. Close co-operation is key to stopping dangerous goods entering the EU market. The ongoing joint surveillance project in the Baltic Sea Region, with participation from German, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish customs and market surveillance authorities, and sponsored by the European Commission, is a excellent example of best practice in this area.

European Commission: MEMO/07/478: Questions and Answers on Commissioner Kuneva's visit to the Port of Hamburg http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/478&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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