I don’t know what the history is behind this, but it feels like a loophole. Some Chinese manufacturers are clearly abusing it in their effort to dump poor quality medical products onto the European market for a quick buck.
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I’m surprised that the European Union allows their accredited certification organisations to run a side-business handing out fake certificates based on the brand value they built within the official system. It’s unconscionable. Let’s fix it
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In case you’re wondering “do these fake certificates work,” I present to you: Well-meaning citizens donated 40,000 masks to the city of Vienna, with what seems to be a fake certificate https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20200331_OTS0106/corona-chinesische-community-uebergab-mehr-als-39000-mundschutzmasken-fuer-wiener-einsatz-organisationen … CE 2703 = ICR Polska = Fake https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.nb&refe_cd=NANDO%5FINPUT%5F233263 …pic.twitter.com/vNKAej34rh
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And the European Safety Federation has also taken note of these fake certificates: “We have the impression that manufacturers outside the EU (and probably even ‘newcomers’ and importers in the EU) are not entirely familiar with the EU Legislation” https://www.eu-esf.org/covid-19/4513-covid-19-suspicious-certificates-for-ppe …pic.twitter.com/pUgAn2MT70
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The official response of ICR Polska seems to be that manufacturers are aware that these documents do not certify conformity with the regulation. However, that’s clearly not how manufacturers, resellers or buyers are currently interpreting it in practice. https://www.eu-esf.org/covid-19/4513-covid-19-suspicious-certificates-for-ppe …pic.twitter.com/EO3UfoZ4lE
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Also note how ICR Polska has toned down their warning messagepic.twitter.com/dmgYcSj6eV
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So which organisations can you trust for mask certification? 32 in Europe: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.notifiedbody&dir_id=155501&pro_id=155522 … 45 in China: https://www.cnas.org.cn/english/photonews/03/902316.shtml …
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https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/schaarste-aan-mondkapjes-leidt-tot-fraude~b0827413/ …pic.twitter.com/xxLWDiriWr
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Replying to @thijsniks
Can we distribute those non-spec masks to the general public as part of a masks for all effort?
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Though RIVM has to change their recommendation on mask usage first…
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Replying to @thijsniks @alper
unlike the teams building the app, don't wait to order them until the recommendation of the RIVM changes
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