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Ref : EIC 230/2/12

4 October 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 603/2011

European Union (EU)* : Guidelines for the Import of Polyamide and Melamine Plastic Kitchenware Originating In or Consigned From the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 191/2011 dated 25 March 2011, the European Commission (the Commission) has recently published guidelines on conditions and procedures for the import of polyamide and melamine kitchenware originating in or consigned from People's Republic of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; as well as technical guidelines on testing the migration of primary aromatic amines from polyamide kitchenware and of formaldehyde from melamine kitchenware. For details, please refer to the concerned guidelines which can be accessed through the following links:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/chemicalsafety/foodcontact/docs/20110614_guidelines_china_measure_en.pdf
http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our_labs/eurl_food_c_m/technical-guidelines-2011

ENQUIRIES

2. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,


 

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.





Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.