Transcription of Consumer protection in the EU
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IN-DEPTH ANALYSISEPRS | European Parliamentary Research ServiceAuthor:Jana ValantMembers' Research ServiceSeptember2015 intheEUPolicy overviewThisdocumentseeksto provide an overview of Consumer protection policy, focusing on the generalprinciples(competences of the European Union,legal baseand definitionof the notion of Consumer ).Itexaminesthe tools available toensure the protection ofconsumersin the legally bindingtools consist of around 90 directives and a few regulations. Othersupplementarytools to monitor andimprove theprotection of consumers within the EU marketincludeconsumer scoreboards, marketstudies and behavioural studies commissioned by the European Commission, awareness-raising andinformation campaigns within the European Consumer Centres networkand the work oftheEuropeanJudicial aim of thedocumentistopresentkey EU policy areas related to consumerprotection,tohighlightpast improvements and success stories,andtoidentifyshortcomingsandfutu re policy 978-92-823-7554-9doi: manuscript, inEnglish,completed content of this document is the sole responsibility of the author and any opinionsexpressed therein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European is addressed to the Members and staff of the EP for their parliamentary work.
Economic Community for a consumer protection and information policy constituted the formal inauguration of consumer protection policy at EU level. In time, consumer policy has become one of the most transversal EU policies, covering product safety, digital market, financial services, food safety and labelling, energy, travel and transport. In
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