Vertaling van "protection consumers " (Engels → Nederlands) :

12. Asks applicants for accession to pay particular attention to consumer protection during the changeover phase; asks them also to implement legislation requiring mandatory dual-pricing displays for a sufficiently long duration and to establish effective procedures for protecting consumers against unjustified price increases during the changeover phase or longer; asks for clear public campaigns which point out that the only weapon against unjustified price increases is consumer power to choose their suppliers freely; points out th ...[+++]at special attention should be paid to price setting in public or private monopoly situations and by public authorities; invites them to put into place for a period of at least two years an observatory responsible for publishing data on the evolution of about ten particularly significant consumer prices;

It is therefore appropriate to facilitate cooperation between public authorities responsible for enforcement of the laws that protect consumers' interests in dealing with intra-Community infringements, and to contribute to the smooth functioning of the internal market, the quality and consistency of enforcement of the laws that protect consumers' interests and the monitoring of the protection of consumers' economic interests.

In view of the excessive and continual price rises in Greece (increase in rates charged by State undertakings and for public services, and price rises of 15% for oil heating, 20% for petrol and 33% for market garden products) which in many cases amounts to profiteering and, given the absence of an effective consumer protection policy in Greece, what measures can be taken to protect consumers and what specific measures will the Commission take with regard to infringements by Greece of Community consumer protection legislation (Directiv ...[+++]e 1998/27/EC on injunctions for the protection of consumers’ interests , Directive 1999/44/EC on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees etc.) so as to ensure effective consumer protection and the proper functioning of market mechanisms?

In view of the excessive and continual price rises in Greece (increase in rates charged by State undertakings and for public services, and price rises of 15% for oil heating, 20% for petrol and 33% for market garden products) which in many cases amounts to profiteering and, given the absence of an effective consumer protection policy in Greece, what measures can be taken to protect consumers and what specific measures will the Commission take with regard to infringements by Greece of Community consumer protection legislation (Directiv ...[+++]e 1998/27/EC on injunctions for the protection of consumers’ interests , Directive 1999/44/EC on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees etc.) so as to ensure effective consumer protection and the proper functioning of market mechanisms?

In view of the excessive and continual price rises in Greece (increase in rates charged by State undertakings and for public services, and price rises of 15% for oil heating, 20% for petrol and 33% for market garden products) which in many cases amounts to profiteering and, given the absence of an effective consumer protection policy in Greece, what measures can be taken to protect consumers and what specific measures will the Commission take with regard to infringements by Greece of Community consumer protection legislation (Directiv ...[+++]e 1998/27/EC on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests, Directive 1999/44/EC on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees etc.) so as to ensure effective consumer protection and the proper functioning of market mechanisms?

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas it is a common form of commercial practice in the Member States for the conclusion of a contract or a unilateral engagement between a trader and consumer to be made away from the business premises of the trader, and whereas such contracts and engagements are the subject of legislation which differs from one Member State to another; Whereas any disparity between such legislation may directly affect ...[+++] the functioning of the common market; whereas it is therefore necessary to approximate laws in this field; Whereas the preliminary programme of the European Economic Community for a consumer protection and information policy (4) provides inter alia, under paragraphs 24 and 25, that appropriate measures be taken to protect consumers against unfair commercial practices in respect of doorstep selling; whereas the second programme of the European Economic Community for a consumer protection and information policy (5) confirmed that the action and priorities defined in the preliminary programme would be pursued; Whereas the special feature of contracts concluded away from the business premises of the trader is that as a rule it is the trader who initiates the contract negotiations, for which the consumer is unprepared or which he does not except; whereas the consumer is often unable to compare the quality and price of the offer with other offers; whereas this surprise element generally exists not only in contracts made at the doorstep but also in other forms of contract concluded by the trader away from his business premises; Whereas the consumer should be given a right of cancellation over a period of at least seven days in or ...