Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. - vzbv
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The latest recall of Mattel toys would suggest that the company is carrying out more safety checks on its products. ...more
18th Consumers International World Congress in Sydney, Australia ...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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
Statement by vzbv Executive Director Edda Müller at the European Parliament on the "State of the World 2004”. ...more
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
Opinion of the vzbv on the proposal for a Directive concerning unfair business practices (COM 2003, 356 final). ...more
Statement by the vzbv on the Draft Regulation on Consumer Protection Cooperation (COM 2003, 443 final) ...more
An overview of collective legal action undertaken by the vzbv in the fields of unfair trading and general terms and conditions of trade. ...more
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
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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