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Article: Charity shops move criticised
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- October 19, 2000
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BUSINESS leaders have hit out at new proposals for further
concessions to be granted to charity shops.
Traders in Thirsk and Northallerton, who have already voiced
fears about the number of charity shops emerging in their towns, are
furious about European Commission plans to exempt charity shops from
supplying information to trading standards officers.
The European Parliament's consumer affairs committee supported
charity shops which said they could not give information about the
origin of second-hand goods, and so could not comply with plans
aiming to make it easier to recall dangerous products.
The move was criticised by Don Moore, chairman of Thirsk Chamber
of Trade, who has previously ...