EU Consumer Affairs @EU_Consumer@respublicae.eu

Are you a recent graduate🎓with an interest in EU #ConsumerRights and #ConsumerProtection?
📝Apply for a 5-month #EUTraineeship @EU_Consumer (the Directorate General for Justice & Consumers)
📅Deadline is 31 August
➡️https://traineeships.ec.europa.eu

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1689214940937433088

Do you have what it takes to become a #ProductSafety champion?
1 month left for companies and researchers to apply for #EUProductSafetyAward 2023🏆
Deadline for applications is 8 September.
Read more details and apply here 👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1688825894373117952

Re 🛟The seams of the garment of this swimming jacket are not strong enough. It risks to submerge under water and provoke drowning.
Visit the Safety Gate website to see more of the latest alerts about unsafe products in the EU⤵️
http://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10009924?lang=en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1687419611577303040

Re 🤿This snorkel mask doesn’t have any warning against missing or malfunctioning valves. The lack of functioning valves make it impossible to breath properly.
Visit the Safety Gate website to see more of the latest alerts about unsafe products in the EU⤵️
http://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10009935?lang=en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1687419613884059648

Are you a researcher working on improving consumer #ProductSafety?
Then this could be your chance to shine!
Apply for the #EUProductSafetyAward 🏆
Get the recognition you deserve!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1683479396072693760

RT EU_ScienceHub
Same packaging, different composition?
Some food products have the same or similar packaging, but what’s inside differs from what you’d get in another EU country.
The @EU_Commission has been addressing this since 2018.
Now, we have some updates 👇
https://europa.eu/!qBtMtr

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1683486601664516098

RT Didier Reynders
Very good discussion with @StefanRaduOprea, 🇷🇴 Minister for Economy, entrepreneurship and tourism.
In this holiday period, we discussed how important it is to guarantee that consumers rights are enforced in case of flight cancellations.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/dreynders/status/1683488743989161985

🧳Planning to travel outside the EU this summer?
In case something goes wrong, EU embassies & consulates are there to help.
Find out more about how this works in practice
➡️https://commission.europa.eu/document/81e8d806-fb2b-4097-8dd0-4ddc07e4bc60_en
#ConsularProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1685947911639818240

If something goes wrong when travelling outside EU & your own country doesn't have an embassy nearby, you can get help from another EU country's embassy.
Find contact details for EU embassies/consulates worldwide➡️https://consular-protection.ec.europa.eu/representation-offices_en
#ConsularProtection

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1687036081793880064

Working together to strengthen #ConsumerProtection in the financial services sector.
@EU_Commission & @CFPB have agreed to start an informal dialogue to exchange experiences, share insights & cooperate on issues affecting consumers in both the 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸
➡️https://commission.europa.eu/document/9ea1876d-1e0f-429d-be1f-97def3a210a3_en https://t.co/4iuHpf5AFt

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1680977748783767552

#ConsumerProtection
@EU_Commission asks Member States to speed up adoption of national measures to implement the EU Representative Actions Directive.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/inf_23_3445

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1679844894326530048

Is your company going the extra mile for the safety of teenagers?
Then this could be your chance to shine!
Apply for the #EUProductSafetyAward🏆
Become a #ProductSafety Champion

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1675761290705539074

#ConsumerProtection
@eDreams_ODIGEO, #Etraveli Group & @kiwicom247 have committed to:
✈️better inform consumers of their rights in case of flight cancellations
✈️transfer ticket refunds to consumers within 7 days of receiving them from the airlines
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3521 https://t.co/eYLOVnMwKf

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1673633554515783680

Do you work with Ukrainian refugees?
@EU_Consumer is designing a campaign to help displaced Ukrainians understand & use EU #ConsumerRights & we need your help.
Register to attend our event
📅29-30 June
💻online or in-person in Brussels
Sign up here
➡️https://commission.europa.eu/events/making-daily-life-easier-displaced-ukrainians-eu-consumer-rights-2023-06-29_en https://t.co/fviAgwb9M2

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1673228601028640768

📢Companies & researchers!
Are you thinking of applying for #EUProductSafetyAward 2023?
Want to know more about the application process?
💻Join our online information session
📅21 June
🕑11:00-12:00 CET
⌛️Register to attend by 18:00 CET on 19 June ⤵️

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1668875920432852994

⚡️#FlashbackFriday to 22 March 2023
When @EU_Commission proposed a set of measures to make repairing products an easy & attractive option for consumers🦀🔧🧰
Read more about the #RightToRepair proposal.
➡️https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_1794 https://t.co/lz8Hkz6l3S

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1669705768013012993

⌛️Register to attend before 18:00 TODAY
💻Online information session
📅21 June
🕑11:00-12:00 CET
for companies & researchers thinking of applying for #EUProductSafetyAward 2023
Sign up here⤵️

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1671073922446692353

📢Calling #ConsumerProtection experts
We're designing a campaign for 🇺🇦Ukrainian refugees to raise awareness about 🇪🇺 #ConsumerRights & we need your input.
Join us for discussions
📅29-30 June
💻online or in-person in🇧🇪Brussels
Register to attend
➡️https://commission.europa.eu/events/making-daily-life-easier-displaced-ukrainians-eu-consumer-rights-2023-06-29_en https://t.co/XdnSV8s5H4

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1671089088387067904

The new EU Representative Actions Directive enters into application on 25 June.
This will give EU consumers the possibility to join forces & launch collective legal actions against traders that violate #ConsumerRights
Learn more: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_23_3482 https://t.co/oa0Aqj13Rk

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1672185058130640896

👋Hello General #ProductSafety Regulation #GPSR

📅#GPSR enters into force on 12 June 2023 & will apply from 13 December 2024.

It updates & modernises 🇪🇺EU product safety rules to better protect consumers from dangerous products in the digital age.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3190

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Consumer/status/1668273199287549955