CONSUMER PROTECTION: UNICE HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT GREEN PAPER...

European Report;  January 26, 2002 ;     574 words ......Green Paper on consumer protection are not enough...framework for consumer protection already offers...high level of consumer protection. It does acknowledge...Green Paper on consumer protection was published...the business-to-consumer (B2C) ...

Consumer protection policy in the European Union.(Statistical Data...

European Business Journal;  March 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......importance of consumer protection. These issues make consumer protection a highly charged...attitudes among the member states towards the...the US) and consumer protection. The rapid...between the member states and with the...to develop a consumer ...

POLITICIANS PLAY WITH CONSUMER PROTECTION.(BUSINESS)(CONSUMER...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  May 12, 2001 ;     693 words ......which state agency should handle consumer protection is again on the negotiating table...significant complaints about whether consumer protection is being performed properly. But...Wisconsin's nationally-respected consumer protection division that had been assembled...

CONSUMERS : CONSUMER PROTECTION STRATEGY WELCOMED.

Europe Environment;  March 30, 2007 ;     563 words ......Commission's new consumer protection strategy for 2007-20...welcomed the Bulgarian Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena...HARMONISATION Most EU consumer protection rules are based...harmonisation, leaving member states with the freedom...the subject of ...

CONSUMER POLICY: MEMBER STATES UNHAPPY WITH SALES PROMOTIONS DRAFT...

European Report;  May 22, 2002 ;     463 words ......Commission and the Member States. Only the United...current form. Nine Member States would prefer to...Directive. Two Member States demanded the insertion...Article 153 on consumer protection - in addition...internal market or consumer protection ...

CONSUMER PROTECTION : KUNEVA TELLS EP OF ADVANTAGES OF...

European Report;  February 14, 2007 ;     562 words ...Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena...Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee on 12...a high degree of consumer protection and the competitiveness...korunas allocated to consumer protection NGOs, they have...to them: 75% of consumer associations ...

CONSUMER AFFAIRS: PLANS LAUNCHED FOR NEW EU HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION...

European Report;  April 8, 2005 ;     350 words ......consolidated Health and Consumer Protection Programme includes...cooperation between the member states' health systems...strengthening consumer protection across the EU...called upon by member states to fund stocks...EU's health and consumer policies, as ...

CONSUMER PROTECTION : KYPRIANOU CALLS FOR MORE COHERENT LEGISLATION.

Europe Environment;  March 22, 2006 ;     271 words ...To mark the occasion ofaWorld Consumer Rights Day on 15 March, the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou, announced that he would...review a substantial number of European consumer protection laws. As a first priority, he would like to develop ...

CONSUMER PROTECTION : KYPRIANOU CALLS FOR MORE COHERENT...

European Report;  March 16, 2006 ;     271 words ...To mark the occasion ofaWorld Consumer Rights Day on 15 March, the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou, announced that he would...review a substantial number of European consumer protection laws. As a first priority, he would like to develop ...

SUMMARY OF HEARING OF MEGLENA KUNEVA, COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE FOR CONSUMER...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......following press release: "Consumer protection is central to the interests...Commissioner-designate for Consumer Protection. She was speaking at...Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee. "It covers...complete the review of the consumer protection legislative ...

CONSUMER POLICY : MORE ASSISTANCE FOR CONSUMERS FROMa2006 BUDGET.(funds...

European Report;  March 8, 2006 ;     395 words ...In its 2006 work programme on consumer protection, the European Commission proposes investing...channelled towards actions covered by the consumer policy strategy for 2002-2006 and in...activities of the network of European consumer centres in 2007 and 2008 (in the form...network, which is already ...

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION URGES RESIDENTS TO 'READ UP, REACH OUT'...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 2, 2007 ;     531 words ...The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection issued the following news release...advocacy organizations on National Consumer Protection Week, February 4-10, 2007. The annual...informed consumer," Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said...

Competition and consumer protection: the US experience

Consumer Policy Review;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Waller, discusses the link between consumer protection and competition legislation and...conference of European competition and consumer protection officials in Brussels, Professor...relationship between competition and consumer protection law from the United States perspective...

CONSUMER POLICY: MEPS SAY MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE ABLE TO BAN LOSS...

European Report;  July 6, 2002 ;     382 words ......will also help protect the consumer and small and medium-sized...Committee feels that those Member States who wish to do so should be...anti-competitive activity. Most Member States currently do ban loss leaders...Directive - thus giving the Member States more flexibility in ...

Commission to get tough with member states over GMO controls.(European...

Agra Europe;  March 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......square up to EU member states and compel them...Kyprianou (Health and Consumer Protection), Mandelson...broadside at member states for dithering...Commission and member states have a respective...so far, some member states have tended to...and in Council. ...