Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-03

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[01] Health Commissioner: budget for consumer protection reduced

[01] Health Commissioner: budget for consumer protection reduced

Speaking at an event organised by the Development Ministry on the theme "Strategy for the Consumer 2007-2013", Kyprianou said that the "budget's reduction is regarded certain, a fact which will create dilemmas for the policies which must be abandoned, given that all the countries have not reached a high level of protection for their consumers."

Kyprianou also said that the EU is negotiating with third countries so as to minimise the problems in imported goods. He said of particular interest is the case of China "given that 50 per cent of toys in the EU are from the specific country and that 80 per cent of the EU's imports are from China."

Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas, on his part, said that "Greece's legislation for the protection of the consumer will be completed by June." Sioufas added that "for a fully organised system of checks in the market to be formed, emphasis is given on the intensification of checks and the forming of a guide for all the inspection apparatuses for improving the system's capability to react, where and whenever a problem arises."

Sioufas further noted:"The cost of protection from faulty or dangerous products is less than the damage caused by the problem and the cost for their withdrawal from the market. The minister stressed "the importance for all the member-states to join forces in the battle for the protection of the consumer."

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