"The launch of the 'One-Stop Platform' is really a timely help. Our company plans to expand into the EU market next year, but both the management and staff have limited understanding of the EU's regulatory requirements," said Zhang Liu, General Manager of Zhejiang Hongxiangyuan Import and Export Co., Ltd. On December 18, he was sitting in front of a computer, comparing the EU's food management requirements with their own products. "I found several products that need adjustment, which has helped us avoid risks in advance."
Recently, the "One-Stop Platform" for laws and regulations on exporting animals and their products to the EU was launched in Jinhua. The platform has collected 67 EU laws, regulations and technical standards, and compiled 2 interpretation manuals: Interpretation of the EU Inspection and Quarantine System for Imported Aquatic Animals and Aquatic Products and Interpretation of the EU Inspection and Quarantine System for Imported Animal-derived Feed. Relevant personnel can inquire relevant regulatory texts and interpretation texts online by scanning the QR code with their mobile phones, and export enterprises have a legal service toolbox to deal with trade frictions.
The EU is the largest trade market in Zhejiang Province. From January to November, the province's exports to the EU reached 611.64 billion yuan, up 8.3% year on year. In recent years, animal products represented by aquatic animals and aquatic products and animal-derived feeds are exporting to Europe with strong momentum. However, the increasing number of technical measures to trade in various countries has caused obstacles and losses to commodity exports and seriously infringed on the rights and interests of export enterprises. Among them, the direct loss and new cost of exports to EU affected by technical measures to trade are the highest.
How to make the legal tools benefit more export enterprises, help them master EU standards and regulations, and reasonably avoid risks? This year, Jinhua Municipal Justice Bureau and Jinhua Customs jointly undertook Zhejiang's foreign-related legal reform project to build a "One-Stop Platform" for laws and regulations on animals and their products exported to the EU.
In order to facilitate the learning and use of enterprises, the "One-Stop Platform" has also issued a Response Guide containing 16 high-frequency questions, presenting relevant requirements in an easy-to-understand Q&A form.
Disclaimer：The above content is translated from Chinese version of Hangzhou Customs. The Hangzhou Customs version shall prevail.