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- Single market gaps exposed by geo-blocking plan
- Geo-blocking, refusing to sell to people living in other EU countries, is to be outlawed under plans to boost e-commerce in Europe. But what this proposal does ... — last modified 26 May 2016, 23:28 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- European chemicals safety net flawed Commission study reveals
- A European Commission study on hormone disrupting chemicals has shed a worrying new light on the insufficient way these are assessed before use in consumer ... — last modified 23 February 2012, 17:20 CET — filed under: Chemicals, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs look to strengthen new EU rules for batteries
- MEPs in committee called Thursday for stronger sustainability, performance and labelling requirements for batteries, as well as more stringent targets for ... — last modified 11 February 2022, 16:59 CET — filed under: Energy, Environment, European Parliament, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU sets out guidelines for ethical articial intelligence
- Based on work of a group of independent experts, the EU Commission launched Monday a pilot phase to ensure that ethical guidelines for Artificial Intelligence ... — last modified 09 April 2019, 23:41 CET — filed under: Headline1, Research & Technology, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- European airlines agree to speedier cancellation refunds
- 16 major airlines committed Thursday to better information and timely refunds for passengers whose flights are cancelled, following dialogue with the EU ... — last modified 05 October 2021, 18:59 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, airlines, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- More enforcement of consumer law and better rights in digital economy, demand MEPs
- The European Parliament committee for the internal market (IMCO) is pushing for stronger rules when companies do not abide by EU consumer law. Enforcement is ... — last modified 22 January 2019, 13:46 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU fines Mastercard EUR 570m for breaking antitrust rules
- The EU Commission fined Mastercard EUR 570 million Tuesday for breaching EU antitrust rules, by preventing merchants finding better conditions with by banks ... — last modified 24 January 2019, 00:12 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Finance, Competition — Relevance: 1%
- Council agrees position on short-term rentals data
- EU competitiveness ministers agreed Thursday a negotiating mandate for a regulation on data collection and sharing for short-term accommodation rental services. — last modified 06 March 2023, 22:25 CET — filed under: Tourism, Headline2, Consumer, Data protection — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers' wish for Santa: Safer toys for Europe's kids
- Just as every year, Christmas approaches and family and friends rush to the shops to buy toys for the children. Often spoiling the festive mood is the doubt in ... — last modified 06 December 2011, 23:54 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Food Industry 1 – 0 Consumers
- MEPs caved into pressure from the food industry today when plans to introduce a colour coding system for food labelling were rejected by almost 400 MEPs. — last modified 17 June 2010, 23:36 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Brussels confirms raids in online food delivery sector
- The Commission carried out unannounced inspections Wednesday at the premises of companies in online ordering and delivery of food, groceries and other goods in ... — last modified 06 July 2022, 22:51 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline2, Consumer, Competition — Relevance: 1%
- EU makes first, significant, step towards better product safety law
- The European Commission today presented a proposal to reform the bloc's main product safety law, called the General Product Safety Directive [1]. Consumer ... — last modified 01 July 2021, 12:03 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs vote to end barriers to cross-border shopping
- The European Parliament ratified an agreement Tuesday to make it easier for consumers to buy from a website based in another EU country, without the obstacle ... — last modified 06 February 2018, 21:04 CET — filed under: Headline1, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs back measures to cut VAT fraud in e-commerce
- The European Parliament gave its approval Tuesday to measures designed to fight e-commerce VAT evasion that would help cut some of the EUR 137 billion lost ... — last modified 19 December 2019, 17:29 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Finance, VAT — Relevance: 1%
- EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles guide
- The European Commission presented on 30 March a new strategy to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, ... — last modified 30 March 2022, 22:58 CET — filed under: Environment, SMEs, Consumer, Single Market — Relevance: 1%
- Brussels mulls upgrade for chemical labelling
- The EU Commission launched a public consultation Wednesday on the simplification and digitalisation of labelling of chemical products such as glues, laundry ... — last modified 24 November 2021, 22:15 CET — filed under: Chemicals, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- 'EU Business Register' scam returns to threaten firms' wallets
- Fraudsters behind the 'EU Business Register' scam are causing havoc once again, cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender warned Thursday, targeting ... — last modified 01 February 2022, 01:05 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Cords and drawstrings in children's clothing - briefing
- When EU consumers buy clothes for their children they should not have to worry about safety risks. A recent EU market surveillance exercise checked in ... — last modified 23 March 2010, 23:29 CET — filed under: Consumer, toys — Relevance: 1%
- Prosafe - Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe
- PROSAFE (the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe) is a non-profit organisation established by market surveillance officers from various countries ... — last modified 23 March 2010, 23:29 CET — filed under: Consumer, toys — Relevance: 1%
- EU Parliament calls for longer lifetime for products
- Europe's Parliament called on the Commission, Member States and producers Tuesday to take measures to ensure consumers can enjoy durable, high-quality products ... — last modified 04 July 2017, 23:45 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Avian influenza in the EU
- Avian influenza or bird flu is a highly contagious viral disease which primarily affects birds. The European Commission has stepped up preventive measures ... — last modified 04 February 2007, 00:34 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Agriculture, Food & Drink, Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU Food Law: Protecting Consumers and Health in a Common Market (Modern Studies in European Law)
- This is the first comprehensive analysis of the European Union law of food regulation. It details the way in which EU law impacts upon the production and sale ... — last modified 02 July 2008, 17:08 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU pesticide review programme
- The European Commission made today an important step forward in its efforts to ensure improved protection of human health and the environment, as it completed ... — last modified 18 March 2009, 23:27 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Agriculture, Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU Commission seeks more smoking bans
- The European Commission is to launch a wide debate on increasing smoke-free areas throughout the EU. — last modified 30 January 2007, 19:00 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Attitudes towards alcohol
- Eurobarometers - surveys of European public opinion - about EU Public Health issues. — last modified 14 March 2007, 17:22 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Attitudes of Europeans towards Tobacco
- This survey, commissioned by the Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission aims to evaluate the Europeans’ attitude towards ... — last modified 22 May 2007, 12:22 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Preparing against a pandemic in the EU
- A report prepared for the European Commission by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and published today, concludes that the EU and ... — last modified 22 February 2007, 16:36 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Agriculture, Food & Drink, Health — Relevance: 1%
- HELP - life without tobacco campaign
- Young people, non-smokers and those wanting to quit can get help to lead a life without tobacco, according to a 4 year-EUR 72 million EU anti-smoking campaign ... — last modified 31 July 2006, 20:44 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Media — Relevance: 1%
- Injuries in the EU - summary statistics 2002-2004
- Health and Consumer Protection: Injuries in the EU - summary statistics 2002-2004 — last modified 31 July 2006, 18:36 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- Faster access to better medicines: the Innovative Medicines Initiative
- Proposed on 15 May 2007 by the European Commission, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) seeks to overcome research bottlenecks in the drug development ... — last modified 16 May 2007, 13:48 CET — filed under: Research & Technology, Health, Consumer, Pharmaceuticals — Relevance: 1%