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Article

14 Dec 2010

Author:
Boryana Dzhambazova, BalkanInsight

Bulgaria clamps down on unsafe goods

“The idea is to check the goods that are mostly sold around the holidays,” said Angel Angelov, head of the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance...[T]he most common violations are Christmas lights and garlands that don’t comply with EU safety standards and unsafe toys with sharp edges and removable parts that are too small and could be swallowed by young children...In Sofia, consumer-safety teams...checked four stores and found hazardous kid’s clothes, toys and Christmas decorations. Fines for such violations of safety regulations range between...€2,500 and...€5,000. The state agency...inspected 155 products...and found 36 of them were dangerous.