Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection Legislation
This paper analyses the contribution, or lack of contribution of, the current EU Consumer Protection Legislation to a sustainable consumption and a longer lifetime of products. In addition, it gives an overview of the most relevant best practices at national and international level and provides recommendations on the future development and possible reforms of European consumer protection legislation in order to contribute to a more sustainable consumption and a longer lifetime of products. This document was commissioned by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).
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Bert KEIRSBILCK, KU Leuven ; Evelyne TERRYN, KU Leuven ; Anaïs MICHEL, KU Leuven and Ivano ALOGNA, BIICL
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- circular economy
- consumer information
- consumer law
- consumer society
- consumption
- eco-label
- ecodesign
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- fight against wastage
- marketing
- product life
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- sustainable development
- technology and technical regulations
- TRADE
- wastage