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- European Parliament vote: PIP scandal calls for strong EU action
- Today, the European Parliament voted a resolution on the PIP breast implants scandal which affected 400,000 women around the world and more than 100,000 women ... — last modified 14 June 2012, 16:36 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU modest in opening up online content market to consumers
- According to European Commission plans presented today, it will become easier for consumers to watch online TV series, films and sports events broadcast by ... — last modified 14 September 2016, 18:05 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers to benefit from geo-blocking overhaul
- Proposed new rules on geo-blocking will benefit consumers, BEUC said today, following an announcement from the European Commission on a package to boost the ... — last modified 25 May 2016, 16:32 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Seven Member States oppose ambitious EU plans to help consumers eat healthier food
- A group of seven EU Member States are trying to scupper plans for an EU-wide nutritional label. — last modified 21 September 2020, 18:29 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- On sale, but unsafe: EU risklist reports thousands of dodgy products
- A record number of 2,278 products were reported to the EU’s rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products (RAPEX) in 2012. The most frequent citings were ... — last modified 16 May 2013, 18:20 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Member States push for more consumer law enforcement without going the full mile
- Representatives of EU Member States have reached a position that more needs to be done to protect consumers from companies that break consumer law, ... — last modified 01 March 2019, 21:01 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Silicone bakeware can add unwanted substances to cookies and cakes, consumer groups find
- A new test by ten consumer organisations shows how silicone baking moulds can contaminate cakes, cookies, and other baked goods with unwanted chemicals. BEUC ... — last modified 06 December 2022, 18:23 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- AI ethic guidance a first step but needs to be transformed into tangible rights for people
- On Monday, 8 April, the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (HLEG) will publish its "Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy ... — last modified 08 April 2019, 23:44 CET — filed under: Research & Technology, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- European Union makes shopping without borders a reality
- MEPs will vote today to make it easier for consumers to buy from, or access, a website based in another EU country. Through so-called geo-blocking practices ... — last modified 06 February 2018, 14:20 CET — filed under: Single Market, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU should focus on boosting competition in telecom sector overhaul
- The European Commission has today proposed to adapt EU telecom rules and ensure citizens have high-speed access to the internet and better protection in ... — last modified 14 September 2016, 18:08 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- Deal opens door to broadcasting of content across the EU
- Today, negotiators from the European Parliament and Member State governments concluded a deal to open up broadcasters' TV programmes, series and news content ... — last modified 13 December 2018, 23:33 CET — filed under: Media, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU proposals focus on consumer needs for the future of digital payments and finance
- The European Commission published an ambitious package of measures today that have the potential to improve consumer conditions in payments and digitalised ... — last modified 28 June 2023, 23:00 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Disappointing vote puts some consumer rights up for the chop
- Consumer protection in the EU for the purchase of goods could be weakened following a poor vote in the European Parliament Internal Market (IMCO) Committee ... — last modified 22 February 2018, 12:45 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- A potential end in sight to expensive intra-EU calls for consumers
- A European Parliament Committee has today voted to ban surcharges on intra-EU communications (calls, text messages and data usage) which would for example ... — last modified 19 September 2023, 17:19 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Chemical foul play in EURO 2012 football shirts
- In a few short 3 days, Europe's best football players kick-off the European football championship in jerseys containing harmful and toxic substances new ... — last modified 05 June 2012, 20:22 CET — filed under: Chemicals, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- New research reveals alarming security flaws in smartwatches for children
- Children smartwatches, on sale in many European countries, pose massive security risks. Research published today by Forbrukerrådet, the Norwegian member ... — last modified 19 October 2017, 00:12 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Halt to bad consumer surprises thanks to data roaming cut-off limit
- BEUC welcomes that, as of the 1st of July 2010, a mandatory cut-off limit on data roaming charges lowers the financial risks for European mobile phone users. ... — last modified 01 July 2010, 18:43 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- EU urges stricter checks for safer goods
- Today the European Commission proposed to beef up checks of consumer goods available in the EU such as toys, phones or TVs. The main proposal is to increase EU ... — last modified 19 December 2017, 18:33 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Insufficient changes to terms and conditions of social media giants show need for real EU sanctions
- Facebook, Twitter and Google+ have made changes to their terms of service in an effort to comply with EU consumer protection rules, following a joint action of ... — last modified 15 February 2018, 17:12 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers win with new, revised EU roaming rules
- Today Member States approved an update to the rules on roaming, extending the existing rules to 2032 and introducing improvements that will further benefit ... — last modified 04 April 2022, 23:19 CET — filed under: Tourism, Consumer, Telecoms — 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%
- 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%
- 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%
- 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%
- Europe still an attractive business destination, Eastern companies say
- Enterprises from the six countries of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) see the European Union as an ... — last modified 26 April 2012, 22:50 CET — filed under: Eastern and Central Europe — Relevance: 1%
- Digital Services Act brings improvements for consumers online, but fails to go full mile
- The EU institutions have reached an agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA) - a regulation to create a safer and more accountable online environment. ... — last modified 25 April 2022, 18:20 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- European consumers face significant hurdles when shopping online outside the EU, new research shows
- Although more and more Europeans shop online, their trust in the market outside the EU remains low. — last modified 09 November 2017, 12:33 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU takes baby step towards collective consumer court actions
- The European Commission will recommend Tuesday 11 June that all EU countries adopt laws allowing victims to go to court as a group if harmed or suffering loss ... — last modified 10 June 2013, 18:10 CET — filed under: EU Law, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU's 'green finance' plans amount to unacceptable institutional greenwashing
- On New Year's Eve, just before midnight, the European Commission presented a draft Delegated Act to include nuclear and fossil gas in its 'Taxonomy,' which is ... — last modified 04 January 2022, 22:22 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%