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- BEUC urges EU member states not to delay the adoption of clean car targets any further
- Due to pressure from Germany, EU member states are delaying the signing off of a new EU law which would eliminate CO2 emissions from new cars by 2035. The ... — last modified 07 March 2023, 22:41 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars, Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers to benefit from improved roaming experience from 1 July
- Thanks to new EU roaming rules entering into force on 1 July, consumers should experience a better quality of service from telecom operators when they travel ... — last modified 27 June 2022, 22:55 CET — filed under: Tourism, Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- EU plans to greenwash nuclear and fossil gas will prevent consumers from investing sustainably
- The European Commission officially presented its plans today to include nuclear energy and fossil gas in its 'Taxonomy', its list of economic activities that ... — last modified 02 February 2022, 17:54 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Decision against IAB Europe consent banners should shake up entire tracking ads industry
- The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has decided that the IAB Europe data collection system behind more than 80% of websites and apps in Europe is ... — last modified 02 February 2022, 18:03 CET — filed under: Consumer, Data protection, Internet, Belgium, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- Electric car charging set to become more convenient, especially for fast chargers
- Electric car drivers in Europe will as of 2025 benefit from more charging points, which to date has been a sticking point in the rollout of greener cars. — last modified 28 March 2023, 23:12 CET — filed under: Cars, Energy, Environment, Consumer, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- EU's Digital Single Market blueprint released
- A European ‘Digital Single Market’ was brought a step closer today by the European Commission’s eCommerce Communication. Consumers in the EU can see this as ... — last modified 11 January 2012, 23:13 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Nintendo commits to EU-wide remedy for consumers following a BEUC action
- Following a complaint by BEUC and its members against Nintendo for premature obsolescence, the company has committed to lifelong free repairs of Nintendo ... — last modified 04 April 2023, 22:53 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- New Commission proposal falls short in boosting GDPR enforcement
- A European Commission proposal published on 4 July which should have led to speedier and more effective cross-border enforcement of the EU's signature law on ... — last modified 07 July 2023, 23:38 CET — filed under: Consumer, Data protection, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Continued presence of dangerous products shows dire need to regulate online marketplaces
- A compilation of research by BEUC members - national consumer groups - shows online marketplaces continue to be a source of dangerous products. These ... — last modified 17 March 2022, 19:05 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Victims of breast implants scandal fight for compensation - Need for EU to better protect with Collective Redress
- Criminal fraud proceedings begin today in France following last year’s breast implants scandal which affected 400,000 victims globally and 100,000 in Europe. — last modified 17 April 2013, 13:39 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Mixed outcome of new EU consumer insurance market law
- A deal was reached last night between Members of European Parliament and EU ministers in the revision of EU-wide rules for insurance sales, ranging from car ... — last modified 01 July 2015, 19:14 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- EU Parliament votes for more transparency of food safety studies
- In a plenary vote today, the European Parliament endorsed the deal agreed with Member States on a proposal to end secrecy around scientific studies on food ... — last modified 17 April 2019, 21:26 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumer Agenda finally puts consumer at centre of EU policy-making
- BEUC welcomes the adoption by the European Commission of the Consumer Agenda - its vision for future EU consumer policy. — last modified 23 May 2012, 15:40 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU Commission shows readiness to break up Google's ad business: good news for consumers
- BEUC welcomes the European Commission's preliminary view that only the mandatory divestment by Google of part of its online advertising services would address ... — last modified 14 June 2023, 19:09 CET — filed under: Consumer, Competition, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU Parliament approves strengthened protections for consumers on AI
- The European Parliament has today beefed-up protections for consumers in what will be the world’s first mandatory set of comprehensive rules on AI systems. ... — last modified 14 June 2023, 19:14 CET — filed under: human rights, Research & Technology, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU introduces new consumer rights
- A range of new consumer rights will apply in all 28 EU Member States as of Friday, June 13. — last modified 12 June 2014, 23:16 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Missed opportunity to make consumer home renovation easier
- European legislators have reached an underwhelming deal on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) which will not make it substantially easier for ... — last modified 14 December 2023, 22:40 CET — filed under: Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU paves way for the bank accounts consumers actually need - BEUC
- Today’s European Parliament vote will enable all European consumers to open a bank account, make account fees more transparent and comparable and help those ... — last modified 12 December 2013, 13:59 CET — filed under: Banking, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU-US 'Safe Harbour' data agreement: BEUC comment
- The European Commission has identified 13 recommendations for change to the EU/US ‘Safe Harbour’ agreement on citizens’ personal data exchange for commercial ... — last modified 28 November 2013, 13:10 CET — filed under: Consumer, USA, Data protection — Relevance: 1%
- EU improves system to test cars after Dieselgate
- Today, the European Parliament, Member States and Commission reached an agreement to reform the system for approving cars before they go on sale and checking ... — last modified 07 December 2017, 14:00 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Early Christmas present: dodgy health claims on food to disappear from shelves?
- December 14 marks the final whistle for unproven health claims used by EU’s food industry. That day ends the 6-month transition period for industry to adapt ... — last modified 12 December 2012, 17:30 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU liability rules to be modernised but contain AI services blind spot for consumers
- The European Commission has today proposed to update civil liability rules for products and services to make them fit for purpose in the digital era. BEUC has ... — last modified 28 September 2022, 22:32 CET — filed under: EU Law, SMEs, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU consumers want strict enforcement of new online rights under Digital Markets Act
- The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) offers consumers important new opportunities for more choice and protection online - but this will only happen if these ... — last modified 04 March 2024, 18:24 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU Commission protects consumers in Apple music streaming case
- The European Commission's decision today that Apple broke EU antitrust rules by restricting consumers’ choice of music streaming services in the EU's Single ... — last modified 04 March 2024, 18:27 CET — filed under: Media, Consumer, Competition, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Digital Markets Act: landmark Big Tech regulation agreed in boost to consumer choice
- The EU institutions last night struck a major deal to regulate Big Tech through the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which should greatly benefit consumers by ... — last modified 28 March 2022, 19:11 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- BEUC applauds EU General Court ruling on Google Shopping case
- The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) welcomes the EU General Court’s November 10 ruling in the Google Shopping case. — last modified 10 November 2021, 18:26 CET — filed under: EU Law - competition, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs want improved roaming experience and cheaper calls to other EU countries for consumers
- MEPs want improved roaming experience and cheaper calls to other EU countries for consumers. — last modified 14 October 2021, 22:35 CET — filed under: Tourism, Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- Consumers to get financial breathing space with debt and insurance relief
- New guidelines issued to financial institutions will offer some welcome breathing space to consumers who have been hit financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. — last modified 14 July 2020, 18:07 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Consumer groups respond to EU trade strategy
- The European Commission has unveiled its 'trade policy review'. The review - which defines the bloc's new trade strategy - contains good points for consumers ... — last modified 23 February 2021, 20:25 CET — filed under: Consumer, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- Parliament gives green light to handy EU-wide pension product
- The EU Parliament has given its blessing to a deal reached between the EU institutions on the creation of a pension product that would be available in all EU ... — last modified 05 April 2019, 21:20 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%