We would like to remind all citizens and organisations to take part in the the European Commission public consultation on the targeted revision of EU consumer law directives by 8 October. The aim of this public consultation, as we mentioned in our post on 2 July, is to gather opinions from consumers, businesses and associations…
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European Commission – Press release: Consumer Authorities and the European Commission urge Volkswagen to finalise repairs of all cars affected by emissions scandal
European Commission – Press release: Consumer Authorities and the European Commission urge Volkswagen to finalise repairs of all cars affected by emissions scandal Today the EU consumer authorities and the European Commission sent a joint letter to the CEO of Volkswagen urging the group to swiftly repair all cars affected by the “dieselgate” scandal….
European Consumer Centre (ECC) Malta Newsletter – June 2017
The European Consumer Centre (ECC) Malta has issued the ECC Malta Newsletter of June 2017 . The European Consumer Centre of Malta (ECC Malta) forms part of the European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) with offices throughout all European Union Member States. The aim of the ECC-Net is to help with questions consumers may have…
Consumer and Competition Day, 23-24 April 2017
A Consumer and Competition Day was held on the 23 -24 April 2017 as part of the Malta Presidency programme at the Radisson Hotel St Julian’s Malta. The focus of the Conference was on the following themes: Digital Skills and Vulnerability, Business Practices in e-Commerce and Enforcement for the Digital Age. The presentations given can…
Commission launches publication consultation to update EU consumer law
On 30 June, the European Commission launched a public consultation to gather opinions from consumers, businesses and associations on how to improve EU consumer law. End of May, the Commission published its analysis of consumer and marketing rules. It concluded that while European consumers already benefit from strong consumer rights, there is room for…
Roam-like-at-home misconceptions made clear
The Times of Malta has published an article on 29 June that provides information to clarify a number of misconceptions regarding the Roam-like-at-home rules that were introduced across the EU on June 15. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170629/local/roam-like-at-home-misconceptions-made-clear.651910
Consumer Champion
Strengthening the consumer movement. Consumer Champion is a capacity building programme of the European Commission, managed by the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) to support and develop the capacity of consumer organisations and other entities with similar objectives from EU Member states, EEA and candidate countries. The European Commission has entrusted…
ACR Resolutions approved during AGM 2017 – April 2017
During the ACR AGM 2017 held on 1 April 2017 the following resolutions were adopted: Digitising European Industry from the Maltese perspective – Industry 4.0 Digitising European Industry Easier access to make retail payments for the disabled and the older generation Medicines and the Consumer-Patient Cross-border Parcel Delivery System Addressing geo-blocking and other forms of…
Consumers – They’re only human! Behavioural Economics Insights for Consumer Policy
Presentation at MCESD CS by Association for Consumer Rights (ACR). Mary Mangion and Marie Demicoli invited Dr Marie Briguglio as an expert on behalf of ACR to give a presentation entitled “Consumers – they’re only human. BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS INSIGHTS FOR CONSUMER POLICY” at the MCESD CS. The meeting was held on Monday 8th May…
The European Digital Competence Framework for Consumers – “DigCompConsumers”
The European Digital Competence Framework for Consumers or “DigCompConsumers” offers a reference framework to support and improve consumers’ digital competence. Consumer digital competence is defined as the competence consumers need to function actively, safely and assertively in the digital marketplace. This definition builds on existing work on consumers’ competence, and on the general digital…