1. Export Enlightenment of the Netherlands’ Recall of Chinese Problem Masks
About the recent news from the Netherlands China purchased 600,000 masks due to quality issues. The Ministry of Commerce responded on April 2, which brought great enlightenment to us when declaring exports of non-medical masks: we must indicate that they are non-medical masks when declaring, and it is recommended to stamp a written certification to inform us at the same time. Not for medical use by customers!
2. Things to note when exporting masks
1. Standardize the declaration of product names, such as “unbranded and unmodeled non-medical masks” or “x brand x model medical masks”, etc.
2. The weight, quantity, etc. of masks must be truthfully declared to avoid abnormal phenomena of overweight and overweight.
3. Medical masks must be accompanied by an electronic declaration to obtain a medical device product registration certificate.
3. Notice on customs declaration of export medical masks and other medical supplies
The Customs has notified enterprises to make clear quality supervision measures for the export of medical masks and medical protective clothing in accordance with the requirements of the “Announcement No. 5 of 2020 of the Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs and National Medical Products Administration on the Orderly Export of Medical Materials” In order to implement the regulatory requirements, the customs requires all customs declaration companies to strictly follow the declaration requirements and fill in the brand, specifications, models and uses in the product specifications and model columns. Those that meet the medical standards must fill in the medical use.
If it is found that the actual attributes of the goods are medical and the declaration is non-medical, the customs will handle it as an untrue declaration. Please remind the “consignee and consignor” to implement Subject responsibility.
Policy basis: Starting from April 1, when exporting customs declarations for medical masks and other medical supplies, a written or electronic statement must be provided, promising that the product has obtained a medical device product registration certificate. And must comply with the relevant standards of the importing country (region).
IV. EU clearance matters
(1 )The European Union issued a notification on suspicious CE certificates for PPE
Recently, the European Safety Federation (European Safety Federation) published an article on its official website stating that they learned from different channels “Certificates” are used as the basis for CE marking of PPE (including FFP2/FFP3 masks), but these “certificates” have no legal value and cannot be used as the conclusion of conformity assessment.
Have seen “certificates” on letterheads of CELAB, ICR Polska, ISET, ECM, NPS, CIC, Amtre Veritas and GTS so far It is unclear whether these documents were actually issued by the above-mentioned organizations.
Here are some suspicious cases from different institutions:
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ICR Polska, 2 cases
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CELAB, 2 cases
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ISET, 1 case (already mentioned as false on ISET’s website)
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ECM, 1 case (there is the identification number of the notified body ECM next to the CE mark of the mask, but ECM is not a notified body for personal protective equipment, so the CE mark is invalid)
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NPC, 1 case
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CIC, 1 case
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Amtre Veritas, 1 case
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GTS, 1 case (the document title is Self-Declaration)
For details and specific pictures of the above cases, please check the official website of the European Security Alliance Case link: https://www.eu-esf.org/covid-19/4513-covid-19-suspicious-certificates-for-ppe
at This tip: Currently, only certification notification bodies authorized by the European Union (EU) 2016/425 PPE regulations for mask products Module B, Module C2 and/or Module D are authorized to engage in CE certification of PPE personal protective masks.
(2) Things to note when customs clearance for CE certification in the EU Key points for customs clearance for CE certification
The key point during customs clearance is that everything shall be subject to the information on the Bill of Lading. The bill of lading has a clear description of the goods. The product name and model on the CE certificate and DOC provided during customs clearance must be consistent with the bill of lading. There must be no missing items or different names.
The following takes the export of mechanical and electrical products as an example (The export of CE certified masks and other products is also applicable):
A general engineering contracting project purchased a batch of water pumps and motor spare parts for export to Turkey. The item names on the bill of lading (B/L) were described as Pump and Motor, but only the CE of Pump was provided during customs clearance. certificate and DOC, resulting in the motor being unable to clear customs due to the lack of corresponding CE certificate and DOC.
The reason is that the exporter believed that the motor was just a spare part and did not pay attention to it. It ignored the requirement that all products on the bill of lading need to provide CE certificates and DOC corresponding to the product name. Later, they managed to Only after completing the CE certificate and DOC of the motor can it be cleared for customs clearance.
In addition, the English translation process may also lead to non-standard product names. The product name displayed on the bill of lading is different from that when applying for the certificate. However, EU customs uses the name on the bill of lading. The information shall prevail, there may be slight differences.�� will bring the risk of blocked customs clearance.
If the product name and model information on the following five documents can be completely unified, EU customs clearance can be smooth.
Note: The name and model description of the goods must be consistent with the certificate.
1.CE certificate (COC/AOC) EU certification agency CE certificate
2.Declaration of conformity (Doc)Factory self-declaration of conformity
3.Nameplate machine nameplate
4. Packing List
5.Bill of Lading(B/L)-Description of Goods
A unified and standardized naming method has been adopted since the signing of overseas sales contracts. All foreign trade links such as receiving letters of credit and issuing proforma invoices have been highly unified. Standardized management methods can avoid unnecessary customs clearance troubles.
