EU Consumer Affairs @EU_Consumer@respublicae.eu
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Joined Apr 2022
Interested in the topic of sustainable consumption and EU consumer rights?
Save the date for #EuropeanYearOfYouth policy dialogue with @dreynders
📅 Tuesday 17 May
⏰14:30 - 16:30 CET
🎦Livestreaming will be available here 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1524705956420063234
Do you think that the public authorities in your country are taking enough action to ensure that traders respect EU #ConsumerRights?
We want to hear your views!
#EUHaveYourSay here ⤵
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1525045686688813058
Interested in the topic of sustainable consumption and EU consumer rights?
Save the date for #EuropeanYearOfYouth policy dialogue with @dreynders
📅 Tuesday 17 May
⏰14:30 - 16:30 CET
🎦Livestreaming will be available here 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1524705956420063234
What will this mean for consumers in practice?
☑️clearer rules on what, how & when sellers must provide pre-contractual info
☑️possible to ask for human intervention after 1st exchanges with chat bots
☑️easier to cancel a contract online, thanks to a withdrawal button
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1524347112871374849
Making EU rules on consumer financial services fit for the digital age.🛒💻
Updated rules will give stronger #ConsumerProtection for those concluding contracts (for mortgages, consumer credit, insurance etc.) over the internet.
Read more: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_2979
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1524345778126344192
On #EuropeDay 2022, a special mention to @ECC_web. A network of 29 centres across Europe offering free help & advice on:
🛍️explaining EU #ConsumerRights
🛒settling disputes with sellers based in another 🇪🇺 country (or 🇮🇸 or🇳🇴)
🛍️who to contact if they can't help
Read more 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1523618795918528512
Peace is a core European value.
Something we want to see in 🇺🇦 ASAP.
#EuropeDay #StandWithUkraine️
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1523543291756699650
RT @ECC_web: Tomorrow @EU_Commission, @europarl_en & other European institutions will open their doors to the public for #EUOpenDay 🇪🇺
Learn more about the online & offline activities offered: https://europeday.europa.eu/index_en
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1522590834696376320
There's still time to #EUHaveYourSay in our review of EU #PackageTravel rules.
Take part in the public consultation before 10 May 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1521808101032275968
RT @EU_EDPB: Today, the EDPB Chair participated in the European Commission's joint annual workshop for consumer and data protection authorities of the EU Member States to discuss topics of common interest for the Consumer Protection Cooperation network. More info here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/consumer-rights-and-complaints/enforcement-consumer-protection/consumer-protection-cooperation-network_en
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1521149899903057920
🛒💻#DigitalServicesAct will have lots of benefits for EU consumers.
Read more 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1521059420909838337
We welcome @EUCourtPress's ruling that #ConsumerProtection associations may launch representative actions against companies for failing to respect the personal #DataProtection rights of EU consumers.
RT @EUCourtPress: #ECJ: Consumer protection associations may bring representative actions against infringements of #PersonalData protection @meta #Facebook 👉https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1519691454221795331
RT @dreynders: Today we are launching an informal dialogue on consumer #productsafety with the 🇺🇸 @USCPSC to further strengthen our cooperation.
Joining forces in face of common challenges is essential to protect #consumers on both sides of the Atlantic & worldwide.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518584884742209538
RT @dreynders: As shopping increasingly takes place online, I am also pleased to announce that we have also developed a new e-surveillance tool – a web crawler – that will help national authorities detect the online offers of unsafe products signalled in the 🇪🇺 Safety Gate.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518584868162125824
RT @dreynders: 📌For the first time, 🚗 cars are at the top of the list of notified products, followed by 🧸toys
The Safety Gate has once again proved to be a vital tool to keep #EUconsumers safe from dangerous products ⤵️
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1343
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518584856753709056
RT @dreynders: Today I presented the 2021 results of the Safety Gate, the 🇪🇺 platform that enables quick exchange of information about dangerous non-food products posing risks to consumers. With this tool, EU countries can easily spot dangerous products & remove them from the market
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518584841771573248
Most common categories of unsafe products reported to 🇪🇺 Safety Gate in 2021:
🚗motor vehicles
🧸toys
🔌electrical appliances/ equipment
See more results here
➡️https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate/#/screen/pages/reports
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518524642901778432
📋Safety Gate 2021 results:
⚠️2,142 alerts on dangerous products, led to
📂4,965 follow-up actions from market surveillance authorities
Read more➡️ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1343
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518523372115795971
RT @DigitalEU: Deal? Done ✅
One step closer to new ground-breaking rules that will:
⛔️ ensure online platforms are held responsible for tackling illegal & harmful content
🛡️ better protect internet users
🚀 help smaller platforms grow
The #DigitalServicesAct 👉 soon across the EU
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1518507242919714817
💭Do you think traders should be obliged to inform travellers about the environmental footprint of their package holiday before booking?
📅#EUHaveYourSay in our review of EU #PackageTravel rules before 10 May 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1516695667149656064
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
