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The EU is the member states. And I don't claim it is a sinister conspiracy, I simply claim the result is that the EU let Chinese companies get away with violating laws that EU companies would be sued and destroyed for.

Most packages out of China weren't tested at all in Western Europe. That's why the baby toys with lead paint ... was discovered by diagnosis, not by import checks. In other words: a whole bunch of children had their lives destroyed (lead contamination in children leads to permanent stunted brain growth in tiny doses. In other words, there is NO way medical fix once it happens, it is permanent life altering damage to those children, just like if you cut of an arm, except less visible)

Needless to say, Chinese companies didn't pay for anything ... and if you were caught painting baby toys in lead paint in Europe, we're talking billions in damages.

So there was nothing like those checks in the Netherlands or the UK. Nothing remotely like what you describe.