DIRECTIVE 2014/33/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts to come into force on 20 April 2016. The new EU Lifts Directive aims to ensure safety and technical criteria for lift installation….
Digitising European Industry. Reaping the full benefits of a Digital Single Market
The EESC strongly welcomes the European Commission Communication on “Digitising European Industry.Reaping the full benefits of a Digital Single Market” . It considers the entire package to be the first step in a vast European work programme to be carried out in close mutual cooperation between all interested public and private parties. See the…
Retirement Income and Financial Literacy Knowledge and Education
ACR Comments and Recommendations: Social, environmental and economic conditions need to be addressed to realistically reach the objectives and success of the Strategy ‘Awareness and Education on Retirement Income and Financial Literacy’
Approved Resolutions – ACR AGM 2016
The following Resolutions were discussed and approved during the Annual General Meeting of the Association for Consumer Rights on 12 March 2016: Dangers from Some Nailpolish on the Market Investing in a Digital Strategy for Health Care in Malta Tatoos and Regulating dangerous tattoo inks The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement and…
Association for Consumer Rights, AGM 2016
The AGM of the Association for Consumer Rights was held on 12 March 2016. The full annual report for the AGM can be accessed here. The presentation can be viewed here.
Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and business
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions – “Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and business” INT/773. See the Commission Communication (COM(2015) 550 final) here.
Fighting poverty
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on “Fighting poverty“- SOC/530.
Prompt action to deal with the risk of bowel cancer from processed meat
The Association for Consumer Rights (ACR) strongly believes that the findings of the France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which is part of the World Health Organisation (WHO). experts that processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease cannot be taken…
Cosmetics…Enhancing a woman’s natural beauty – Facts I should know when applying cosmetics
A talk on Market Surveillance on Cosmetic Products, entitled “Cosmetics…Enhancing a woman’s natural beauty – Facts I should know when applying cosmetics” was given on Thursday 22 October 2015 at the National Council of Women Centre by Shirley Mifsud BSc Hons, DipSM Access the presentation here About the speaker: Shirley Mifsud Graduated in BSc Hons Biology and Chemistry. She has…
Addressing Public Transport – an immediate priority
The Association for Consumer Rights (ACR) is very concerned with the situation of public transport and traffic problems and would like to make the following comments regarding “Traffic Management” . Read more