The study is part of the ongoing Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law, focusing on the Consumer Sales and Guarantees (CSG) Directive 1999/44/EC which is a minimum harmonisation Directive. The study assessed the costs and benefits of Member States going beyond the minimum rules laid...

The study is part of the ongoing Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law, focusing on the Consumer Sales and Guarantees (CSG) Directive 1999/44/EC which is a minimum harmonisation Directive. The study assessed the costs and benefits of Member States going beyond the minimum rules laid...

This evaluation study was conducted by Civic Consulting in cooperation with KU Leuven CCM in the framework of the Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law. It assesses the effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, relevance and EU added value of five EU consumer and marketing law directives -...

The study on the promotion of the use of RAPEX information by importers, distributors and retailers has the objective to provide an overview of the way how a target group of economic operators purchases goods, with a particular focus on if and how they use product safety information available on...

This guidance document has been developed with the aim of guiding assessments of personal consumer detriment, whether EU-wide in-depth consumer market studies focusing on a single market or cross-market assessments, based on the work undertaken in the context of the Study on measuring consumer...

This study by the Food Chain Evaluation Consortium (FCEC) for DG SANCO under the leadership of Agra CEAS Consulting aims to provide evidence for the Commission to draft a report on the mandatory indication of country of origin, or place of provenance, of unprocessed foods, single ingredient...

This study first outlines the economic benefits of the EU single market and consumer protection from a general perspective. It then presents key achievements of the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives in deepening the single market and improving consumer protection, as well as remaining barriers....

This study first outlines the economic benefits of the EU single market and consumer protection from a general perspective. It then presents key achievements of the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives in deepening the single market and improving consumer protection, as well as remaining barriers....

Possibilities and opportunities of creating a pan-EU trustmark for e-commerce are examined through analysis of existing trustmarks for ecommerce, the relevant EU legal framework and main policy options for introducing a pan-EU trustmark. The study addresses issues such as the advantages and...