EU Consumer Affairs @EU_Consumer@respublicae.eu
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Joined Apr 2022
Whether you are travelling by ✈️🚆🚢 or🚍
🇪🇺 EU rules protect you.
To learn more about your #PassengerRights:
Visit➡️https://europa.eu/!bg39vB
Download📲 the passenger rights app
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1612747559411372034
Are you a recent graduate🎓?
Interested in 🇪🇺 EU policies on
#ConsumerProtection and #ConsumerRights?
Then APPLY NOW for a 5-month #EUTraineeship @EU_Consumer (DG Justice and Consumers)
📅Deadline is 31 January
➡️https://traineeships.ec.europa.eu/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1611326587990904837
🤔Did you ever forget to cancel a digital subscription you stopped using but then got automatically charged to renew it?
Do you find it difficult to cancel digital contracts?
#EUHaveYourSay in this public consultation⤵️
https://europa.eu/!9frYPP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1610675975653658631
We wish all #EUConsumers a #HappyNewYear and all the best for 2023 🥳🎇🎉
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1609489611100753920
Do you think national #ConsumerProtection authorities & @EU_Commission need stronger tools🛠️to enforce EU consumer laws in the digital age?
⌛️Last change to #EUHaveYourSay in this public consultation on EU #ConsumerRights!
Deadline is 21 December⤵️
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13536-Consumer-rights-adapting-out-of-court-dispute-resolution-to-digital-markets/public-consultation_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1605120318141505536
Disappointing results of new website screening☹️
43% of the websites breached EU consumer rules during #BlackFriday by presenting untrue/misleading information about discounts.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/MEX_22_7832
#ConsumerProtection
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1604801528920883201
.@EU_Commission encourages energy suppliers to enhance #ConsumerProtection this winter⚡️🌨️
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1602275778040926209
We welcome provisional political agreement on new EU #ConsumerCredit rules!
These rules will provide a high level of #ConsumerProtection for consumers taking out credits online, e.g. Buy-Now-Pay-Later schemes or short-term, high-cost loans.
Read more:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_22_7388
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1598642970261078017
RT @dreynders: Thanks to Home Appliance Europe @APPLiA_Europe and its President @h_bulgurlu for the very good exchange on:
🔹Corporate Sustainability due diligence
🔹 Sustainable consumption of goods
🔹 Empowering Consumers in the Green transition
🔹 Digital Transition
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1598247244704387072
Getting ready for 50 Years of EU #ConsumerRights - an online celebration🥳
🍿🎬Tune in at 19:30 CET this evening!
Facebook
➡️https://www.facebook.com/events/627441702300442/?ref=newsfeed
OR
YouTube
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcmcCDacjLs
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1598008371395055617
RT @dreynders: Looking forward to taking part in this event!
50 Years of EU #ConsumerRights - an online celebration🥳
📆Wednesday 30 November
🕘19:30 - 20:30 CET
Interested in joining?
More details here ⤵️
https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/50-years-eu-consumer-rights_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1597999630280949760
🙂@EU_Commission @europarl_en @EUCouncil have agreed on core elements of new EU #ProductSafety rules!
This will:
☑️better protect consumers
☑️ensure a level playing field for companies selling to consumers
☑️enable better enforcement by authorities
➡️https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_22_7275
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1597549959393742848
Do current EU consumer laws provide enough #digitalfairness4consumers in the digital age?
Take part in our Twitter poll below⤵️
#EUHaveYourSay 1/2
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1597188915156639744
Facing an unexpected price rise in your #BlackFriday or #CyberMonday shopping cart?
🛒 It is your right to know up front the exact price you will have to pay 💳
Learn more about your #ConsumerRights during our online event on 30 November⤵️
https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/50-years-eu-consumer-rights_en
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1596445910665285632
During #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday, a reminder to make full use of your #EUConsumerRights when purchasing products or services.
Read the terms & conditions for deals carefully!
And read more info about your rights here👇https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/index_en.htm
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1596050303781986306
Do EU consumers have a choice to reject unfair contract terms in the online space?
"Traders deploying unfair contract terms should not be allowed to benefit from them" says Léon Mölenberg from @Ecommerce_EU
During final panel discussion at #digitalfairness4consumers event.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1594724914312921089
Is it difficult for EU consumers to cancel their digital subscriptions? How could we make it easier?
Should in-app currencies and loot boxes be prohibited?
Some of the questions raised during panel discussion on online consumer purchases at #digitalfairness4consumers event.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1594700728655912962
"We have a Digital Markets Act, we have a Digital Services Act, but we don’t have a Digital Fairness Act" says Prof. Micklitz from @EUI_EU.
During discussions on online consumer vulnerabilities at #digitalfairness4consumers event.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1594651109955862528
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Working for safer and empowered EU consumers. Updates from the European Commission's Justice & Consumers DG. RT, quotes from 3rd parties & links ≠ endorsements.
Joined Apr 2022
