European Economic and Social Committee 16 July 2003, Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on "EU-China Relations"

C 234/66 EN 30.9.2003 Official Journal of the European Union 7.13. The Committee would also point out that inconsist- encies and contradictions between EU policies and those of the Member States often occur. The EU must therefore act to set equal framework criteria for all the Member States, in order to make such policies more effective. 7.14.