Stakeholders Dialogue: Unjustified geo-blocking within the European Digital Single organized by the Malta Business Bureau and the European Parliament Information Office in Malta – 20.01.2017 Dar l-Ewropa, Valletta Summary: Definition of Geo-blocking: addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market…
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Public Dialogue on the Malta Presidency of the European Council organized by the Parliament Information Office in Malta.
A Public Dialogue on the Malta Presidency of the European Council organized by the Parliament Information Office in Malta was held on Friday 2 December 2016 at Grand Hotel Excelsior The aim of the public dialogue was to inform in detail what the Malta Presidency of the Council of the European Union would be…
Consultation session on the ‘European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on the cross-border parcel delivery services’.
A Consultation session on the ‘European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation on the cross-border parcel delivery services’. was held on 21 November 2016 MEUSAC Offices, Republic Street, Valletta Consumers and small businesses complain that problems with parcel delivery, in particular high delivery charges for cross-border services, prevent them from selling or buying more across the…
Consumer market study on the functioning of legal and commercial guarantees for consumers in the EU
The European Commission commissioned a consumer market study on the functioning of legal and commercial guarantees for consumers in the EU. It examines to what extent sellers are aware of, and comply with, the requirements of relevant EU and national legislation. It looks at the way in which legal and commercial guarantees are communicated to consumers,…
ANEC Press release: Car seats become more consumer-friendly
ANEC welcomes the adoption of the second phase of Regulation 129 by UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP 29). Press release
ACR Press release: The Volkswagen Group Emission Scandal – the need for transparency
The Association for Consumer Rights is very concerned with the emissions scandal involving the Volkswagen group (VW). Since its announcement, the European Commission has been following closely the implications of this case for European consumers as several pieces of European consumer legislation are likely to apply to this specific case and in particular Directive 1999/44/EC on…
ACR/NCW Project “The Reduction of Poverty through Personal and Social Development and Social Integration”
The National Council of Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Association for Consumer Rights (ACR) have planned and organised three courses of six weeks each starting in 26th October 2015 till 22nd April 2016 in personal and social development, team work, communication, IT awareness and media skills, labour market trends, job searching and job…
The New EU Lifts Directive
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….
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…