Greenpeace & Handel: – Call for measures against cheap package from China

That said director of the commercial association Rainer wants to go to APA. “Shein and Temu flood Europe with cheap products that often contain dangerous chemicals,” warned Greenpeace representative Ursula Bittner.

The undisputed online retailer in Austria is still the American group of Amazon. In this country, Temu and Shein are already in 4th place or 9th place in terms of online turnover, and comes from the figures from market researcher Nielsen IQ. In 2024, 4.6 billion packages with goods below 150 euros were delivered from the Far East to Europe, two -thirds of which were declared incorrect, the trade association referred to figures from the EU committee. Due to the high American rates, Europe is now becoming even more focused on the platforms. “Frächt has informed us that the deflection effect is there,” said the director of the Handelsvereniging.

Four measures required for the package of the package
To contain the package tree, you insist on the trade association and Greenpeace to reduce the 150-Euro customs-free limit to 0 euros and more resources for customs authorities, as well as strict import controls. In addition, a package tax must be introduced in unpaid B2C programs of platforms from third paving. If the law is repeated, a temporary end of the platforms must also be possible, call for the commercial association and Greenpeace in the common “4-point plan”.

France has proposed the costs of “multiple euros per package” for small goods from non-European countries. These should pay the importers or online platforms, not consumers, said Minister of Household Amélie de Montchalin on Tuesday. Above all, packages by cheap goods providers such as Shein and Temu are in sight.

Were sometimes bad in platforms in the Far East
Greenpeace has bought goods from Far East Platforms and discovers in the rehearsals of dangerous chemicals that violate EU limit values. “This business model is not only a security risk for consumers health, but is also based on unfair working conditions and endangers the environment,” says Greenpeace representative Bittner.

The Swiss television station SRF recently bought seven awnings of Temu and investigated it in the laboratory. The result was “disastrous”, says the report. The German Stiftung Warentest has also investigated seven online portals with cheap goods from the Far East. “The risk of a supposed bargain electronic waste around half the world is high,” says the report.

The director of the Commercial Association emphasized that the goods purchase of Austrian dealers in China and private buyers through FAR Oost platforms. Domestic trade must “adhere to all laws” and have Chinese reference channels that sell certified goods. “You can import scrap. You can also import products that meet European regulations,” says Will. Moreover, the Austrian dealers would have to ‘pay full customs’.

The government sees a need for action
The cheap goods from Temu, Shein & Co are also “an incredible problem” for the new social and Minister of Social and Public Health Kornna Schumann (Spö). This cannot be solved at the Austrian level “, but only together as a European Union, Schumann said mid -April during the trade colloquium of the Trade Association. “This is one of the great dangers for our trade.” According to the Minister of Consumer Protection, it is also certain that the products sold through Temu and Shein are not dangerous for health. The Trade Association has also deposited the Causa Shein and Temu with the new Minister of Economy Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP). The subject had arrived at the government level.