欧洲地板联盟秘书长Endre Varga致信《国际木业》

呼吁欧中“创造一个公平竞争的市场环境”

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英文信函

Dear Hongfan,

It was my distinct pleasure to meet you again in Brussels. I always appreciate our direct and open discussions and am convinced that this is the best way to move things forward,especially those issues which are high on the agenda and of mutual interest. In short, a recap of some of the issues that are annoying the EU parquet producers:

1. As you are aware, the European Parquet Industry strongly supports the "Free, but Fair trade" principle. I other words, in order to insure equal business chances for all players on the international scene, it is imperative to create a level playing field for all market actors. In our view, such is unfortunately at present not the case with China.

2. Millions of m2 of multi-layer parquet from China are flooding the EU market under extremely competitive conditions, but the EU nevertheless respects the WTO (and DOHA)principles of free trade and is not raising any import duties on these shipments.

3. On the other hand, European producers are fighting with all their might to bring a few hundred thousand m2 of high quality multi-layer on the Chinese market, but are systematically punished with a 10% import tax. This is not a correct approach, and is a considerable and unjust handicap for the EU exporters.

4. Some Chinese producers were putting a fake CE-marking logo on their publicity material and product brochures even before the CE-marking obligation for wood floorings officially entered into effect on 1 March of the current year. When asked to provide an explanation for this issue, the answer was often that the logo in fact stands for "Chinese Exports"! This, as you will certainly agree, is a totally wrong way of conducting business and hence cannot be tolerated. FEP has therefore informed the European Commission about these regrettable practices and the case is under investigation.

The above examples are creating a general climate of distrust which is far from favorable for continuing the broad co-operation between our industries, which you and I were trying to stimulate and support at the occasion of our agreeable meetings in the past, both in Shanghai and Bad Blumau, Austria. FEP and its leading European member parquet manufacturers sincerely hope that the near future will bring a swift and fundamental change to the aforementioned practices, which is of crucial importance for restarting the constructive attitude of the past. It goes without saying, that your personal engagement in this direction is much appreciated.

In this context, I look forward to our future contacts.

Best Regards！

Endre Varga
                                                           2010.6.20

中文翻译

尊敬的李先生：

      我非常高兴再次在布鲁塞尔与您会面。我很欣赏我们之间开诚布公的探讨，我确信这是最好的推动事情进展的办法，特别是针对那些非常大家共同关心的问题。目前，仍有许多困扰欧盟木地板生产商问题，如：

      1.欧洲木地板产业大力支持的“自由，公平贸易”原则，从而保证对全球所有地板贸易企业给予均等商业机会，创造一个公平竞争的市场环境。但不幸的是，目前中国在这个问题上显然还做的不够。

      2. 当前，数百万平米的来自中国的多层实木复合地板在极具竞争力的条件下冲击欧盟市场。尽管如此，欧盟尊重世贸组织（和多哈）自由贸易的协定，对这些产品不加收任何进口关税。

      3. 另一方面，欧洲制造商都在奋力向中国市场提供数十万平米的高品质多层实木复合地板，但中国都加收了10％的进口税。我们认为，这对欧盟的制造商们是相当不公正的。

      4. 今年3月1日欧盟对地板类产品强制执行CE认证市场准入制度，然而，在此之前，就有一些中国制造商在在他们的宣传材料和产品说明书上打印假的CE认证标识。当这些中国制造商被要求对这种滥用作出解释，他们往往以敷衍搪塞来回答！我想，这绝对是一种完全错误的、无法容忍做生意的方式。因此，我们已经向欧盟提出了对这些令人遗憾的做法和事件案件进行调查。

      在上海和奥地利的巴德布卢毛会议中，你我曾试图促成中欧地板行业间的良好合作。很遗憾，上述我所列举的事件所营造不信任氛围却对中欧地板产业广泛合作带来了不利影响。欧洲地板联盟和我们所引领的欧洲木地板制造商成员真诚地希望，在不久的将来，上述做法将有迅速和根本的转变。因为，这对中欧地板业界之间重新开始具有建设性合作态度的是至关重要。介于您一直在中欧地板贸易上为欧洲制造商所作出的努力，我们难以言表对您的感谢。

      在促进中欧地板合作方面，我期待着与您未来的合作。

      诚挚的祝福！

                                                                                                             Endre Varga
                                                                                             2010.6.20