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- European Parliament adopts new EU law to cut farm antimicrobial use
- Today, the plenary of the European Parliament adopted a long-awaited law which will restrict the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals and thus help ...
- European Parliament basic bank account vote - a life-belt for millions of consumers
- The European Parliament today voted for binding European rules to make basic payment accounts available to all EU consumers. These should offer most basic ...
- EU Parliament wants rail passenger rights beefed up
- The European Parliament today voted to upgrade rail passenger rights.
- New EU roaming price caps from July 1
- Phone calls, SMS texts and data usage costs when roaming within the EU will be further axed from July 1.
- A big step closer to group actions anywhere in the EU
- The European Parliament has confirmed in a plenary vote today that it wants citizens in all EU countries to be able to go to court as a group if a company has ...
- European Parliament adopts unambitious Energy Efficiency Directive
- Today the European Parliament passed the EU Energy Efficiency Directive which sets energy savings targets for providers. Energy companies will be required to ...
- Food from cloned animals: consumers left in the dark - BEUC
- Despite European consumers having no appetite for food from cloned animals or their offspring, they might be eating it unawares. Today’s European Commission ...
- EP vote on fish labelling
- In a disappointing vote, the European Parliament rejected the new rules on fish labelling proposed by the European Commission as part of the EU Common ...
- EU Contract law - MEPs on the wrong track
- The European Parliament votes this week Wednesday 8 on a report by MEP Diana Wallis (UK) supporting the European Commission’s proposal for a European contract ...
- Dangerous consumer goods found in high numbers in EU
- In 2017, more than 2,000 non-food products failing safety requirements were notified to the EU’s rapid alert system (RAPEX). This figure might however only ...
- EU presents plans to repair car testing
- The European Commission presented its plans on 27 January for overhauling the framework to approve cars in the European Union.
- "New Deal for Europe's Energy Consumers" sees light of day
- Helping consumers to get a better energy deal is the core of a number of initiatives announced by the European Commission today. This New Deal outlines the way ...
- No home run for home loans (BEUC)
- The European Parliament voted today to adopt first-time, Europe-wide laws protecting people taking home loans.
- Bank proposal on current account fee transparency - bold announcement, zero substance
- BEUC, the European Consumers’ Organisation, rejects EBIC’s (European Bank Industry Committee) plans to self-regulate the transparency and comparability of ...
- EU nanotechnology plan: tiny focus on consumer protection
- Everyday products from clothes to children’s toys contain nanomaterials. Regrettably, the European Commission today disregarded calls from the European ...
- Consumers sidelined in Capital Markets Union
- Today, the European Commission has kicked off an action plan to reduce companies’ reliance on banks and diversify their funding sources across the EU’s 28 ...
- Major EU update of Data Protection laws: Consumers handed greater control of their data
- BEUC welcomes today’s proposed update of EU Data Protection laws by the European Commission. These will make European standards applicable to all companies ...
- European Consumers' Organisation
- BEUC, the European Consumers' Organisation, acts as the umbrella group in Brussels for its members and its main task is to represent them at European level and ...
- Volkswagen settles in the United States
- The settlement of Volkswagen with US consumers and government regulators has been announced.
- This time it should be personal: EP takes strong stance on data protection law
- The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties committee vote today as they lead efforts to seal an update of EU Data Protection and privacy laws.
- EU concludes reform with stronger guarantee rights for consumers in future
- The EU institutions have approved a deal which includes rights for consumers of digital content and services like software, streaming or game downloads for the ...
- Consumer groups welcome new EU consumer policy strategy for the next five years
- Today the European Commission adopted the "Consumer Agenda", its consumer policy strategy for the next five years. It lays down the Commission's consumer ...
- Internet users better off as EU moves to protect net neutrality
- The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) welcomes today’s decision to keep the internet free and able to innovate. The EU body gathering national telecom ...
- Survey: Consumers see potential of artificial intelligence but raise serious concerns
- According to a survey conducted by consumer groups in nine EU countries published today, consumers believe that artificial intelligence (AI) can bring ...
- Google’s Fitbit takeover: EU merger control proves unable to protect consumers in the digital economy
- BEUC, representing the interests of consumers in 32 European countries, deeply regrets that the European Commission's decision to approve Google's takeover of ...
- Futile European Parliament vote on bank deposit guarantees
- Today’s European Parliament vote on EU rules governing deposit guarantees – which protect consumers when banks go bankrupt – has regrettably been in vain.
- Many goods recalled, many good reasons for stricter surveillance
- New figures out today for the number of hazardous non-food products recalled in 2015 confirm the urgent need to tighten product surveillance rules in Europe.
- EU plans on digital economy are step in right direction but more ambition is needed
- The European Commission today put forward its plans to update the EU’s rules about digital services such as those offered by online search companies (e.g. ...
- Privacy Shield opens hole in protection of EU citizens' privacy
- The European Commission today is clearing the way for the transfer of EU consumers' personal data to the US. However, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) ...
- European Parliament calls for TiSA agreement that protects and benefits consumers
- Today, the European Parliament’s plenary adopted recommendations to the European Commission on the ongoing ‘Trade in Services’ (TiSA) agreement.