Press releases

Consumers could be exposing themselves to food-related risks, as they experience a lack of safe use instructions for food containers and kitchenware. Many continue to use worn or damaged food containers and kitchenware for some time, as an 11-country survey about people’s attitudes, needs, and concerns regarding ‘food contact materials’ [A] underlines. As a result, BEUC is calling for proper regulation of these materials.

Following a complaint by BEUC and its members against Nintendo for premature obsolescence, the company has committed to lifelong free repairs of Nintendo Switch game consoles suffering from ‘Joy Con Drift’.

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is calling for EU and national authorities to launch an investigation into ChatGPT and similar chatbots, following the filing of a complaint by US-based civil society group CAIDP [1] with the US Federal Trade Commission against ChatGPT-4 today.

Electric car drivers in Europe will as of 2025 benefit from more charging points, which to date has been a sticking point in the rollout of greener cars. Additionally, new fast chargers will always have to display transparent prices in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and make payment easy. These positive developments will come about following the agreement between the European institutions to improve the law that regulates charging infrastructure, the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation.