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Polityka ochrony konsumentów: zasady i instrumenty
Badania przeprowadzone dla Parlamentu Europejskiego wskazują, że skuteczna polityka ochrony konsumentów jest niezbędna dla efektywnego i dobrego funkcjonowania rynku europejskiego[1]. Zwiększenie przejrzystości oraz bardziej świadome zawieranie transakcji w wyniku przemyślanej i odpowiednio wdrożonej polityki konsumenckiej prowadzą do lepszych rozwiązań dla konsumentów, a także do większej efektywności rynku[2]. Skuteczna ochrona konsumentów stanowi zatem niezbędny element należycie funkcjonującego ...
Indication of origin marking on products
Non-food products imported into the EU currently require no labelling or marking of the country from which they originate. In January 2013, the European Commission made a new proposal to introduce obligatory indication of origin on non-food consumer products as part of the product safety and market surveillance package.
Study on third-party testing of toys
Executive summary The European Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC (TSD) regulates the EU toy sector through safety criteria and essential requirements which toys must meet before being placed on the EU market. The European Commission has now put forward a proposal for a new TSD. One of the key questions during drafting of the proposal for a new Directive was whether to make it mandatory for all toys to be tested by an independent third-party tester, which is not the case today. However, based on an ...
Consumer Confidence in the Digital Environment
Executive summary The purpose of this briefing paper is to assess the main barriers that prevent consumers from buying goods and services from other member states, assess whether trustmarks or new technologies have an impact on those barriers, as well as identifying measures that could be taken to encourage European consumers to take full advantage of the internal market by buying goods and service online from other countries. To achieve this objective, some original research was carried out in ...