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- 43 pct websites broke EU rules during Black Friday
- The Commission and national consumer protection authorities released Monday results of a website screening (sweep), aimed at verifying how price reductions ... — last modified 19 December 2022, 23:25 CET — filed under: EU Law, SMEs, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- The EU needs rules on chemicals in coffee cups, straws and other paper food packaging, consumer test shows
- A new lab test shows that food packaging made of coloured paper and cardboard - such as coffee cups and straws - may contain and release chemicals originating ... — last modified 25 July 2019, 18:31 CET — filed under: Chemicals, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Consumer groups take up fight against unfair 'no-show' clause in airline tickets
- Today several consumer groups are taking action against the use of 'no-show' clauses in airline tickets. This clause prevents passengers from using the return ... — last modified 10 December 2018, 14:26 CET — filed under: Consumer, airlines — Relevance: 1%
- REPowerEU will help accelerate the energy transition but consumers still face practical barriers at the local level
- Consumers will get welcome support to invest in renewables and energy efficiency measures as part of the European Commission's REPowerEU package released ... — last modified 18 May 2022, 19:17 CET — filed under: Energy, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU VAT rules upgraded to be more flexible and green
- EU finance ministers agreed Tuesday to update current rules governing value-added tax (VAT) rates for goods and services, giving them more flexibility to apply ... — last modified 14 December 2021, 23:55 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Towards a new EU law on Tobacco Products
- The European Commission on 18 December adopted a landmark proposal to revise the EU Tobacco Products Directive. The proposal is a substantial revision of the ... — last modified 19 December 2012, 17:34 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Amazon not obliged to provide phone no for consumers: EU Court Opinion
- Amazon and other e-commerce platforms are not obliged to make a telephone number available for consumers on their web pages, the EU top Court's Advocate ... — last modified 28 February 2019, 20:40 CET — filed under: EU Law, Headline1, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Von der Leyen Commission's half mandate scores well on consumers
- On 1 June 2022, it will be exactly 2.5 years that Ms von der Leyen took over the reins of the European Commission. Halfway through this Commission term, BEUC, ... — last modified 31 May 2022, 23:17 CET — filed under: Commission, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- National governments want strong consumer guarantee rights
- Member States have adopted their position on a proposal to reform the guarantee rights consumers enjoy when buying goods. National governments decided to ... — last modified 07 December 2018, 12:24 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU authorities supervising financial markets to get stronger and long-awaited consumer protection powers
- The EU has struck a deal to strengthen and better fund the authorities which are responsible for supervising financial markets at EU level. — last modified 21 March 2019, 15:51 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- New labelling rules for organic pet food in Europe
- The EU Council gave its final green light Monday to a new EU law aligning rules on labelling organic pet food to those governing organic food intended for ... — last modified 09 October 2023, 18:29 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Headline2, Animals — Relevance: 1%
- EU consumers support new laws for better farm animal welfare, survey shows
- A new survey carried out in 8 EU countries shows that most consumers support better welfare for the animals raised for food and expect EU decision makers to ... — last modified 27 February 2024, 23:13 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Plant health pests and EU funding programmes to deal with them - guide
- The European Union today earmarked 19 million euros to co-finance programmes in seven Member States aiming to combat organisms harmful to plants and to prevent ... — last modified 16 November 2011, 17:07 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Agriculture, Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU energy rules still not being implemented: report
- EU Member States are lagging behind in the implementation of the internal energy market rules, reveals the Commission’s 2009 Benchmarking Report published ... — last modified 11 March 2010, 22:57 CET — filed under: EU Law, Energy, European Parliament, gas, Commission, electricity, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Retail Investment Package - guide
- The European Commission adopted on 24 May a Retail Investment Package that it says places consumers' interests at the centre of retail investing. — last modified 24 May 2023, 21:32 CET — filed under: Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Brussels proposes better deal for retail investors
- A partial ban on inducements to financial advisors, proposed Wednesday by the European Commission, would prevent financial retailers from charging consumers ... — last modified 24 May 2023, 21:39 CET — filed under: Headline1, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Dieselgate: EU prepares case against VW
- A majority of EU Member States have found breaches of EU rules on unfair commercial practices, the Commission has found in preliminary investigations into the ... — last modified 07 September 2016, 22:46 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Commission report fails to address major loopholes in payment card fees regulation
- EuroCommerce Director-General Christian Verschueren today expressed regret and disappointment that the Commission’s report on the functioning of the ... — last modified 30 June 2020, 00:09 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Starting tomorrow, consumers will benefit from cheaper intra-EU phone calls
- People making phone calls from their home country to someone living in another EU country will see their phone bill drop thanks to a new EU measure which will ... — last modified 14 May 2019, 17:16 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed - guide
- In 2009 the number of notifications in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reached a total of nearly 8000, a 12% increase compared to 2008 and an ... — last modified 13 September 2010, 19:42 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Car insurance
- Car insurance is one of the many the fixed monthly costs people have to pay. — last modified 16 June 2019, 19:01 CET — filed under: Cars, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Mobile phone subscription
- A mobile phone subscription is one of many of the monthly fixed costs most of us have to pay. — last modified 16 June 2019, 19:22 CET — filed under: Consumer, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- Eurozone services sector slows slightly in March: survey
- Growth in the eurozone 's service sector lost more steam in March but nonetheless remained at a high level. — last modified 04 April 2007, 13:26 CET — filed under: Headline4, SMEs, Consumer, Finance, Facts & Figures — Relevance: 1%
- Ending unjustified Geoblocking: a short guide for online traders
- On 3 December 2018, new rules on geoblocking will enter into force. These measures part of a wider packet of measures under the Digital Single Market Strategy, ... — last modified 25 October 2018, 18:23 CET — filed under: SMEs, Trade, Consumer, Single Market — Relevance: 1%
- World Standards Day 2018 - How will standards meet the Future?
- The theme of this year's World Standards Day is 'Standards meet the Future', as the rapid change, brought by a new generation of smart technologies, will need ... — last modified 17 October 2018, 20:52 CET — filed under: Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU raids fragrance industry premises in antitrust probe
- The European Commission carried out unannounced inspections Tuesday at the premises of companies, and an association, active in the fragrance industry in ... — last modified 08 March 2023, 18:34 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- 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 names six Internet 'gatekeepers' to rein in tech giants' power
- The EU Commission designated Amazon, Meta and Microsoft as six 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act Wednesday, giving them six months to ensure full ... — last modified 08 September 2023, 23:45 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- Digital Euro: Retailers and wholesalers generally supportive but have crucial concerns
- As the legislative proposal to enable the digital euro was published on 28 June, and the investigation phase of the digital euro is progressing towards a ... — last modified 29 June 2023, 23:03 CET — filed under: SMEs, Consumer, Finance, Euro — Relevance: 1%