Evaluation of Council Directive 85/374/EEC on the liability for defective products. The aim of this public consultation is to collect stakeholders’ feedback on the application and performance of the Directive on liability for defective products. In particular: whether and to what extent the Directive meets its objectives of guaranteeing at EU level the liability…
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AGM Association for Consumer Rights (ACR ) focuses on a National Digitalisation Strategy
The Annual General Meeting of the Association for Consumer Rights held on Saturday 1 April 2017 was an interactive and a keenly debated morning during which the various aspects of Digitalisation, embedded in the European Digital Agenda were presented from a national perspective. The topic , which is high on the Malta Presidency agenda…
Commission presents White Paper on the future of Europe: Avenues for unity for the EU at 27
The European Commission on 1 March presented a White Paper on the Future of Europe, which forms the Commission’s contribution to the Rome Summit of 25 March 2017. Read the press release.
ACR Annual General Meeting – 1 April 2017
The ACR Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 1 April 2017 at the NCW Centre, Blata l-Bajda. Click here for the agenda. Registration/booking forms and nominations for posts on the Executive Committee are to reach ACR on the above email and postal address not later than Monday 27 March 2017. All members are urged…
European Standards building a #BetterDigitalWorld consumers can trust
15 March is the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD). This year’s theme is ‘Building a digital world consumers can trust’. On this occasion, ANEC, CEN-CENELEC and the DIN Consumer Council have collaborated and produced an infographic ‘European Standards building a #BetterDigitalWorld consumers can trust’. #BetterDigitalWorld, #WCRD2017, #standards,#WorldConsumerRightsDay. In addition, this year’s G20 Presidency…
Melita must pay €10,000 fine for ignoring contract termination requests
Customers were forced to turn to MCA to have contracts cancelled Melita must pay a €10,000 fine after it ignored customers’ requests to terminate their phone and internet service contracts, an administrative review tribunal confirmed today. The tribunal was confirming a decision previously reached by the Malta Communications Authority, which found that Melita plc…
Be aware of your rights as passengers
Passenger have rights when using all modes of transport (air, rail, waterborne and road), whether the journey takes place within a single Member State of the European Union, across several of them, or departs from one of them. Passenger rights also provide protection for people with reduced mobility or disabilities, this includes people with…
European Payments Council Blog and Discussion Board
Join the European Payments Council (EPC) discussion board to have your say on recent Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) developments and highlight subjects that you would like to debate. The platform has been designed to ensure the communication of frequent and useful EPC information as well as engage the payments community and encourage the…
Law enforcement is key to consumer protection
Law enforcement is key to consumer protection The gradual erosion of the purchasing power of all consumers in general has made it necessary to review the standard commercial market practices. Market distortions caused by unfair practices have led to the emergence of consumers trapped by the continued effects of the financial situation they find…
European Consumers Day Malta 2017 Conference
The annual conference on European Consumers Day 2017 will be held in Malta on 21 March 2017 at Le Meridien St Julians Hotel. Topics that will be debated include: The Digital Single Market: How does it benefit consumers? A genuine single market for the digital economy Online Sharing = Offline Rules? Nurturing green shots and addressing teething…