Consumer Protection
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices in order to gain an advantage over competitors or to mislead consumers. They may also provide additional protection for the general public which may be impacted by a product (or its production) even when they are not the direct purchaser or consumer of that product. For example, government regulations may require businesses to disclose detailed information …
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IFI: Institute for Future Initiatives · 7 October 2024 English
The European Commission proposed the AI Regulation in 2021,3 with the political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU achieved in December 2023,4 and the definitive …
paperless trading, open government data, online consumer protection, unsolicited commercial electronic messages …
RAND Corporation · 4 October 2024 English
At a conference titled Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations held in Santa Monica, California, approximately 75 national and California leaders discussed approaches to reforming legal services …
must be balanced with efforts to promote consumer protection. It was frequently noted during the conference … .... 25 Panel on Access to Justice and Consumer Protection: Perspectives from the Executive and Legislative … that [nonlawyer ownership] could undermine consumer protection by creating conflicts of interests [sic] … of attaining licensure with the need for consumer protection. • There was a broad consensus among panelists … should be deployed to ensure competency and consumer protection. 10 State Bar of California, California …
EU: European Union · 3 October 2024 English
Ólafur Viggó Sigurðsson v Íslandsbanki hf. (Consumer protection – Directive 2014/17/EU – Variable interest … concluded, which includes the high level of consumer protection warranted in the area of consumer credit …
EU: European Union · 3 October 2024 English
2008/48/EC – Consumer credit agreements – Consumer protection – Annual percentage rate of charge – Variable …
EU: European Union · 3 October 2024 English
WITH RESERVATIONS (A) Policy context EU consumer protection laws aim to empower consumers to play an … enforcement deficit rests mainly on the Consumer Protection Cooperation network, the report should also … also assess the links between national consumer protection practice and capacities and the effectiveness … opinion: NEGATIVE (A) Policy context EU consumer protection laws aim to empower consumers to play an …
World Bank Group · 3 October 2024 English
This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) Update assesses the evolution of Panama's development challenges and policy priorities since the publication of the SCD in 2015. During the last eight years, Panama …
development; (v) lack of a comprehensive financial consumer protection framework; and (vi) minimal digital government …
EU: European Union · 2 October 2024 English
primary focus of the proposed regulation is consumer protection, and this difference may necessitate different … prudential in nature, but rather relate to consumer protection. This would be inconsistent with the fact … proposed regulation pursues the objective of consumer protection and not of ensuring the safety and soundness … the SSM Regulation, which clarifies that consumer protection is not among the supervisory tasks conferred … as competent authority entrusted with any consumer protection tasks (23), including in its role as consolidating …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2 October 2024 English
Member States should strengthen comprehensive consumer protection laws to include- 23/26 - clear labelling …
World Bank Group · 2 October 2024 English
SO-MOCT-FGS-416843-CS-C QS / Consultancy Services for Consumer Protection Regulat ion, Guideline and Implement ation …
EU: European Union · 1 October 2024 English
The 2023 e-Customs Annual Progress Report is the sixteenth report prepared pursuant to Article 12 of the e-Customs Decision (Decision 70/2008/EC), under which the Member States are required to report …
approved by the responsible Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and International Trade (INTA) committees …
