Traditional Chinese medicine " foreign identity " European Union falls into the difficult position

Traditional Chinese medicine " foreign identity " European Union falls into the difficult position
Traditional Chinese medicine is crystallization with traditional medical science of thousands of years of Chinese nation, spreading into Europe has a history of several hundred years too. But by April 1, 2011, the sale in Europe of traditional Chinese medicine faces one severely to test: On March 31, 2004, European Union issued " registered procedure order of traditional medical herbs ". This order stipulates, all medical herbs sold on European Union market must be according to registration of this new regulation, could continue selling after getting the listing licence. Meanwhile, this order stipulates the transition period of 7, allow with various " identities " such as food The medical herbs products sold in country of European Union were sold until March 31, 2011.
At present, traditional Chinese medicine of European Union market mostly circulate in the form of food, health product, plant medicine raw materials or agricultural and sideline local products. Transition period of 7 will finish soon, there is not a traditional Chinese medicine to succeed in registering in European Union in the capacity of traditional medical herbs at present. This means, during less than 4 months, traditional Chinese medicine must enter European Union market with the original medicines appearance. Otherwise, Chinese medicine of practising medicine in Europe will face having medicine not to have awkward condition of medicine, the traditional Chinese medicine shop may even go bankrupt, or transfer to " underground " Manage.
European Union's new regulation is issued
Meet traditional Chinese medicine two big " The obstacle "
By April 1, 2011, sell in Europe traditional Chinese medicine but face one severely to test: " traditional medical herbs registered the procedure order " which European Union issued stipulated, all medical herbs sold on European Union market must be according to registration of this new regulation in 2004, could continue selling after getting the listing licence. Meanwhile, this order stipulates the transition period of 7, allow with various " identities " such as food The medical herbs products sold were sold until March 31, 2011.
The obstacle 1:
Have needed to employ the history to prove for 15 years
European Union " whether traditional medical herbs register the intersection of procedure and order " stipulate traditional medical herbs " already medical history for one year at least before application date, among them is included in European Union and already used history for 15 years at least " . Prove the important basis of the above-mentioned traditional application history is the documents and materials published, expert's report and customs' imports and exports writing record,etc. are the documentary evidence.
Some Chinese insiders criticize this regulation strongly, think it unfair and lacking legislative authority.
According to insider, it is very difficult to offer traditional Chinese medicine to 15 years, use the identification of history on European Union market. It is reported, some does not include toxic crude drugs, classical Chinese medicine still employed extensively now, for instance six flavor digitalis pills, white phoenix pills of dark chicken,etc., had already entered European Union market as early as 1995 ago.
However, even difficult to offer and have identification of using history on the markets of EU countries in 15 years together with the shop with a history of a century of such benevolence hall. Because before 2004, it was according to identities such as the food or health product,etc. that the customs that export traditional Chinese medicine to the EU countries recorded, but not register according to the identity of medicines. Moreover, much traditional Chinese medicine products were exported in unison through pharmaceuticalses of China in the past, there is no export record of single assortment Chinese medicine in a lot of Chinese enterprises.

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