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- EU adopts emergency measures to reduce energy prices
- EU states formally adopted a regulation Thursday on an emergency intervention introducing common measures to reduce electricity demand and redistribute the ... — last modified 06 October 2022, 23:37 CET — filed under: Headline1, Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Euro money transfers to arrive 'within ten seconds'
- The European Parliament adopted new rules Wednesday to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses ... — last modified 08 February 2024, 00:11 CET — filed under: SMEs, Headline2, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Building trust in the Digital Single Market for e-commerce and online services
- The European Commission is proposing 16 measures aiming to double online retail sales by 2015 by providing better protection for consumers, more information ... — last modified 27 January 2012, 12:10 CET — filed under: Single Market, protection, Internet, Consumer, ecommerce — Relevance: 1%
- Nearly half of people in EU stream TV or videos
- 65 per cent of individuals in the European Union engaged in streaming TV or videos online in 2022, according to a set of figures released Tuesday by the EU's ... — last modified 16 April 2024, 18:50 CET — filed under: Media, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Progress towards internal electricity market slow: EU auditors
- Despite ambitious projections, the EU has made slow progress towards its goal of connecting electricity markets to ensure access to cheap power for citizens ... — last modified 31 January 2023, 22:50 CET — filed under: Headline1, Single Market, Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Europeans start to roam like at home
- Europeans are aware of new EU mobile roaming rules and have started changing their habits when travelling abroad, a survey conducted after the first summer ... — last modified 27 September 2017, 23:17 CET — filed under: Tourism, Headline2, Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- EU Single Market
- Business news and information about the Single Market in the European Union. — last modified 09 May 2019, 23:00 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Harmonised standards: toys
- The internal market for toys has contributed to the development of the sector and to consumer protection by harmonising the safety characteristics of toys ... — last modified 25 June 2010, 19:06 CET — filed under: EU Law, standards, Consumer, toys — Relevance: 1%
- 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 e-commerce sector inquiry - initial findings
- The European Commission has published the preliminary report on its e-commerce sector inquiry, identifying business practices that might restrict competition ... — last modified 15 September 2016, 23:21 CET — filed under: Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Start of proceedings in legal challenge to EU approval of genetically engineered maize
- Testbiotech has filed a new legal challenge against EU approval for the import of genetically engineered maize. — last modified 14 November 2019, 16:08 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, EU Law-environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Gambling in the EU Single Market
- In 2011 annual revenues of the overall EU gambling market were estimated to be around €84.9 billion, with annual growth rates of around 3%. Online gambling is ... — last modified 14 July 2014, 17:12 CET — filed under: Single Market, Media, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- CEA questions EC proposals on insurance guarantee schemes
- The CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, supports the objective of protecting insurance policyholders and beneficiaries that underlies the ... — last modified 13 July 2010, 00:28 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- High time for Europe's consumers to benefit from the single market
- Speaking today on the publication of a study by the European Commission on supply restrictions imposed by manufacturers which prevent retailers buying products ... — last modified 19 November 2020, 18:23 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer, Single Market — 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%
- Proposals for amendments to the Solvency II Directive and a new Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive
- The European Commission adopted on 22 September a comprehensive review of EU insurance rules (known as "Solvency II") so that insurance companies can scale up ... — last modified 22 September 2021, 23:32 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- The Retail Market monitoring: Report from the Commission (July 2010)
- The European Commission Retail Market Monitoring Report ("Towards more efficient and fairer retail services in the internal market for 2020", COM(2010) 355 ... — last modified 06 July 2010, 11:00 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU agrees draft update to car insurance directive
- The EU Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement Wednesday on motor insurance rules providing more protection, transparency and smoother ... — last modified 23 June 2021, 22:33 CET — filed under: Headline1, Cars, Consumer, Finance — 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%
- Euro-MPs favour new labels for animal-friendly products
- A European Parliament committee has voted in favour of new product labelling to help consumers identify and choose animal welfare-friendly products. — last modified 01 June 2010, 00:18 CET — filed under: Agriculture, EU Law-environment, animal, labelling, 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%
- EU states agree informal deal to improve rail passenger rights
- EU ambassadors endorsed a reform of rail passenger rights Wednesday with a view to strengthening the rights of all rail passengers, in particular those with ... — last modified 27 October 2020, 00:32 CET — filed under: Headline1, railways, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU looks to end wasteful packaging, boost reuse and recycling
- The European Commission proposed Wednesday new EU-wide rules to reduce packaging waste, promote reuse and refill, increase the use of recycled plastics, and ... — last modified 02 December 2022, 21:07 CET — filed under: Environment, SMEs, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Revision of the EU Product Liability Directive - guide
- The European Commission adopted on 28 September two proposals to adapt liability rules to the digital age, circular economy and the impact of global value ... — last modified 28 September 2022, 18:44 CET — filed under: EU Law, Research & Technology, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- New EU product liability rules to cover AI
- The EU Commission proposed Wednesday to modernise product liability rules to cover artificial intelligence (AI) for the first time, making it easier for ... — last modified 28 September 2022, 23:45 CET — filed under: EU Law, Headline1, Consumer, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- Stop toying with our health!
- A significant number of notifications related to toys and to chemical risks has been revealed with today's release of the 2012 RAPEX Annual Report. — last modified 03 February 2014, 18:18 CET — filed under: 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%
- Animal Welfare in the EU
- With the support and close co-operation of the Member States, the European Commission has been promoting animal welfare for over 40 years gradually improving ... — last modified 05 October 2017, 15:45 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Agreement reached to extend free mobile roaming in Europe
- The 'Roam like at Home' mobile roaming scheme will be renewed for another ten years, after plans were informally agreed Thursday between Euro-MPs and the EU's ... — last modified 13 December 2021, 23:43 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Telecoms — 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%