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BEUC statement on latest Mattel recall

05.09.2007

The latest recall of Mattel toys would suggest that the company is carrying out more safety checks on its products. ...more

Consumers International World Congress 2007

23.08.2007

18th Consumers International World Congress in Sydney, Australia ...more

European consumer policy: Charter aims to improve consumer protection on the Internet

15.03.2007

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations vzbv has welcomed the new Charter of Digital Consumer Rights. The charter, which was presented by Federal Minister for Consumer Policy Seehofer, defines consumers' fundamental rights in the digital world. ...more

German EU Presidency: Seehofer and vzbv to work out Charter of Consumers' Digital Rights

15.11.2006

Consumer policy to be better integrated into other policy fields
A delegation of European and German consumer representatives has today met German Consumer Affairs Minister Horst Seehofer to present consumer priorities for the German Presidency. ...more

Consumer Protection in Digital Media

13.07.2006

Study on licensing and use conditions and technical protection measures which are used on the German market: The consumer perspective - Summary of the Study
by Till Kreutzer, Rechtsanwalt, Büro für informationsrechtliche Expertise (i.e.), Hamburg
in order by Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. ...more

Consumer Protection in Digital Media

13.07.2006

Study on licensing and use conditions and technical protection measures which are used on the German market: The consumer perspective - Summary of the Study
by Till Kreutzer, Rechtsanwalt, Büro für informationsrechtliche Expertise (i.e.), Hamburg
in order by Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. ...more

Copyright is pricing consumers out of knowledge

20.02.2006

New report finds WIPO is failing the world's poorest consumers
press release of Consumers International
A new Consumers International report has condemned World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) technical assistance as 'thoroughly inadequate', and is demanding a wholesale review of the organisation's legislative advice to developing countries. The criticism comes as WIPO delegates meet in Geneva to discuss the organization's developement agenda.

The "Copyright and Access to Knowledge" report examines copyright law in 11 Asian countries. It finds that all 11 countries, including China, India and Malaysia, have given copyright owners far more protection than the intellectual property treaties they have signed up to require. ...more

Collective Claims by Consumer Associations

25.05.2005

Speech at the OECD Workshop on Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redress in the Global Marketplace, 19-20 April 2005 in Washington DC, USA by Patrick von Braunmühl, Deputy Director of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations and Co-Chair of the TACD Internet Working Group ...more

"No risk, no trade? Food safety in the global market”

27.01.2005

International trade law threatens to lead to restrictions on the information available to consumers on the conditions under which their food is produced. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations - vzbv - voiced a warning on this subject at a conference on consumer protection in the global food trade in Berlin - Hypotheses and demands ...more

Regular Reporting Mechanism on Consumption and Consumer Protection

18.10.2004

Outline for a Regular Reporting Mechanism on Consumption and Consumer Protection in the EU Market
In the following will be described why a regular reporting mechanism is needed, what should be done and how it could be organised.
...more

Ensuring coherence and follow up - a perspective from civil society

09.09.2004

Speech at the Second OECD Workshop on Spam, 8-9 September 2004 in Korea by Patrick von Braunmühl, Deputy Director of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations and Co-Chair of the TACD Internet Working Group ...more

Consumer policy - how to re-direct consumption trends?

04.03.2004

Statement by vzbv Executive Director Edda Müller at the European Parliament on the "State of the World 2004”. ...more

Consumer Interests and Sustainable Development in International Trade Law

04.09.2003

This paper seeks to identify consumer interests in the context of sustainability. It assesses the extent to which international law - especially WTO law - supports these interests, and proposes recommendations on improving the situation. ...more

Proposal for a Directive Concerning Unfair Business Practices

22.08.2003

Opinion of the vzbv on the proposal for a Directive concerning unfair business practices (COM 2003, 356 final). ...more

Draft Regulation on Consumer Protection Cooperation

18.07.2003

Statement by the vzbv on the Draft Regulation on Consumer Protection Cooperation (COM 2003, 443 final) ...more

Consumer Protection and Collective Legal Action

13.03.2003

An overview of collective legal action undertaken by the vzbv in the fields of unfair trading and general terms and conditions of trade. ...more

Response to the Commissions Follow-up Communication to the Green Paper on EU Consumer Protection

25.09.2002

The harmonisation of rules against unfair trading and a high level of consumer protection will create the necessary conditions to help strengthen cross-border consumer demand. ...more

Response to the Green Paper on EU Consumer Protection

22.01.2002

The vzbv welcomes in principle the initiative of the Commission to harmonise consumer protection law, and in particular competition law, within the European Union. ...more

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