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Enhancing Consumer Protection in a Globalized Market: The EU Strategy and Regulatory Framework

This paper discusses the European Commission's new consumer policy strategy, aimed at empowering consumers and enhancing welfare through a unified regulatory framework. It highlights the establishment of a single set of consumer rights across the EU, the enforcement of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, and the importance of informed consumers. It also explores transatlantic cooperation on product safety and consumer protection against misleading practices. Ultimately, the report emphasizes the need for collaboration among regulatory agencies to respond to rapidly changing market dynamics.

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Enhancing Consumer Protection in a Globalized Market: The EU Strategy and Regulatory Framework

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  1. Consumer policy in a Globalized World Marie Barešová Jiří Dočekal Jakub Fučík

  2. European Commission’s New Consumer Policy Strategy Empowerment Welfare enchancement Consumer protection

  3. A Regulatory Framework for Europe Creation a single set of cons. rights and oblig. throughout the EU First step: Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (into force end of 2007) - protection from misleading advertising and other unfair practices Currently: reviewing rules regulating cons. contractual rights (withdraw from contracts etc.) 2008 – creation a single legal tool

  4. Enforcement and Redress the EU Consumer Protection Network of national enforcers – cooperation between enf. authorities - legal obligation for member states Strengthening of redress mechanisms redress – remedy to set right a transaction when some part of it has gone wrong

  5. Informed and Educated Consumers Education and informations = protection against deception Commission’s Citizens’ Agenda(from May 2006) - extending consumer input and influence into competition, telecom., energy and transport policies Monitoring: European Consumer Market Watch – “scoreboard” that compares different consumer indicators across the EU (price, safety etc.)

  6. Transatlanticcooperation • Bilateral trade between U.S. and E.U is 40 percents of global trade • April 2007 Transatlantic Economic Council •  to forster economic integration •  to make transatlantic cooperation more transparency

  7. Cooperation on ProductSafety • Regulatoryagenciesmusteffectivelycatchunsafeproducts • Common koncern: SafetyissueswithChineseproducts • Testingunsafetoys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU4cOzpn5hY • Toxictoys –barbie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChD9K-5QKI&feature=related • Nodr‘s Conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLF9yS_USNU

  8. Cooperation on ProductSafety • intensivedialoguewith China • Built on clear reporting, increasedtechnicalcooperation, andeffectiveenforcement. • U.S. ConsumerProductSafetyCommission (CPSC) andtheEuropeanCommissionDirectorateGeneralforHealthandConsumerProtection, agreedupon in February 2005. • Betterexchangeofinofrmationbetween U.S. and EU whenunsafeproductwillbediscovered •  to developgreaterconsensus on themethodologyfortestingproducts, particularly in the case ofchemicals.

  9. Cooperation on ConsumerProtection • Against rogue traders • to work together more closely to clamp down on -and to stop- deceptive practices • for example: system to share data on fraud

  10. Vocabulary • Be deceived by misleading information – být oklamán zavádějící informací • Clamp down – rázně zakročit • Class action – hromadná žaloba • Consumer protection – ochrana spotřebitele • Rogue traders – podvodní obchodníci • The rapid pace of market developments – rychlé tempo vývoje na trhu • To be aware of rights – být si vědom svých práv • To shoulder – vzít na svá bedra • To seek improvements – pracovat na zlepšení • Treaty of Rome – Římské smlouvy (1957) • Unfair commercial practices – nekalé obchodní praktiky

  11. Thank you for your attention

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