The European Commission has fined online marketplace Temu €200 million for offering illegal products on its platform and for the resulting harm to EU consumers.
The European Parliament and EU Council have reached provisional agreement on updating protection for package holidaymakers, based on lessons learned from the Covid pandemic and high-profile bankruptcies.
The EU Commission has launched market investigations into the Amazon and Microsoft cloud computing services, to assess whether they are ‘gatekeepers’ under the EU’s Digital Markets Act and should thus conform to its stricter rules.
BEUC – The European Consumer Organisation is currently looking for a Brussels-based Legal and Policy Officer to reinforce its Competition team.
Everyday electronic devices will become more energy efficient and more consumer-friendly following a Commission update to the Ecodesign requirements for external power supplies (EPS).
The Council has given its final approval on the EU’s toy safety regulation, legislation to reinforce safety rules, increase protection against harmful chemicals and promote the use of digital product passports to facilitate enforcement.
The EU Commission has presented a new EU-wide notice and label for products sold on the EU market, with the aim of better informing consumers of their rights and to introduce uniform product labelling.
