Press releases

On Wednesday (30 June), the European Commission is expected to lay out a plan to reform its General Product Safety Directive (GPSD). Consumer groups urge for an ambitious overhaul of this law.

The EU institutions have struck a long overdue deal that will require Member States to carry out joint assessments of medicines and other health technologies for the EU market.

EU Member States have reached a position to be able to start negotiations with the European Parliament on an extension of the EU’s roaming rules.

The existing rules expire at the end of June 2022 and are one of the EU’s most recognised successes by consumers. The rules ensure people can use their mobile phones to make calls, send SMS and use data when travelling in the EU for the same price as at home.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today delivered its ruling in a case pitting Facebook against the Belgian data protection authority. This ruling [1] has important implications regarding the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and should have positive repercussions in the fight to better protect consumers’ personal data.