18. Stresses that the safety of imported products should also be a priority within the TEC; takes the view that people will only have confidence in an open trading environment if their health and safety is protected; calls on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to make use of its greater freedom to share case-specific information, but proposes that the TEC work on a binding cooperation instrument which would structure and facilitate the sharing of information on product safety and the development of a common programme of cooperative actions; calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen cooperation between EU and US customs and market surveillance authorities, in order to ensure that controls at external borders are able to ...[+++] prevent dangerous products, in particular dangerous toys, from reaching consumers, but without unnecessary bureaucratic burdens; calls on the Member States and the US to ensure strict enforcement of product, and particularly toy, safety laws and to ensure stronger national inspections; underlines the need for close EU-US cooperation to ensure that China and other third countries raise their production standards to meet EU/US safety requirements, in particular in relation to toys, and to convince these countries that product safety must be integrated in the production and distribution process;

18. Stresses that the safety of imported products should also be a priority within the TEC; takes the view that people will only have confidence in an open trading environment if their health and safety is protected; calls on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to make use of its greater freedom to share case-specific information, but proposes that the TEC work on a binding cooperation instrument which would structure and facilitate the sharing of information on product safety and the development of a common programme of cooperative actions; calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen cooperation between EU and US customs and market surveillance authorities, in order to ensure that controls at external borders are able to ...[+++] prevent dangerous products, in particular dangerous toys, from reaching consumers, but without unnecessary bureaucratic burdens; calls on the Member States and the US to ensure strict enforcement of product, and particularly toy, safety laws and to ensure stronger national inspections; underlines the need for close EU-US cooperation to ensure that China and other third countries raise their production standards to meet EU/US safety requirements, in particular in relation to toys, and to convince these countries that product safety must be integrated in the production and distribution process;

18. Stresses that the safety of imported products should also become a priority within the TEC; takes the view that general confidence in an open trading environment will only be supported by the population if their health and safety is respected; calls on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to make use of its greater freedom to share case-specific information but proposes that the TEC work on a binding cooperation instrument which would structure and facilitate the sharing of information on product safety and the development of a common programme of cooperative actions; calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen the cooperation between EU and US customs and market surveillance authorities, in order, without unnecessary ...[+++]bureaucratic burdens, to ensure that controls at external borders are adequate to prevent dangerous products, in particular dangerous toys, from reaching consumers; calls on the EU Member States and the US to ensure strict enforcement of product, and particularly toy, safety laws and stronger national inspections; underlines the need for close EU-US cooperation to ensure that China and other third countries raise their production standards to meet EU/US safety requirements, in particular for toys, and to convince these countries that product safety must be integrated in the production and distribution process;

19. Stresses that the safety of imported products should also become a priority within the TEC; is of the view that general confidence in an open trading environment will only be supported by the population if their health and safety is respected; calls on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to make use of its greater freedom to share case-specific information but proposes that the TEC work on a binding cooperation instrument which would structure and facilitate the sharing of information on product safety and the development of a common programme of cooperative actions; calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen the cooperation between EU and US customs and market surveillance authorities, in order, without unnecessary bur ...[+++]eaucratic burdens, to ensure that controls at external borders are adequate to prevent dangerous products, in particular dangerous toys, from reaching consumers; calls on the US and EU Member States to ensure strict enforcement of product, and particularly toy, safety laws and stronger national inspections; underlines the need for close EU-US cooperation to ensure that China and other third countries raise their production standards to meet EU/US safety requirements, in particular for toys, and to convince these countries that product safety must be integrated in the production and distribution process;

(ha) coordinate and encourage training and outreach programmes designed to ensure that national and Community bodies and the private sector factor security into the design, implementation and use of all information systems and networks;

Mr. Crow: As I mentioned in my presentation, security was built into the BlackBerry's basic design and architecture, and it remains a feature of our solution that sets us apart from any of the competition.