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On 14 November, the Attorney General of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) delivered his opinion on the collective action of Max Schrems against Facebook. Max Schrems, an Austrian citizen, has brought a case to court in Austria on behalf of 25,000 Austrian and foreign consumers to claim compensation from Facebook for violation of their privacy rights.
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Today, international law firm Hausfeld filed a claim on behalf of 15,000 German car owners affected by the dieselgate scandal at a German court. This case is a clear signal that VW will not escape its responsibility towards consumers in Europe.
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Today the European Parliament has rejected the EU Commission’s proposed definition of what constitutes an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC)1. BEUC applauds the Parliament’s decision to reject this unfit definition because too many chemicals would escape the regulatory net.
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Today the definition of what constitutes an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) received a vote of no confidence from members of the European Parliament’s environment committee1. BEUC welcomes that MEPs want to send the Commission back to the drawing board.
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