EU Member States today agreed on their approach to reform the system for approving cars before they can go on sale and checking them when in use. Their position includes some encouraging proposals but falls short when it comes to preventing a future Dieselgate – something both the Parliament and Commission had pushed for.
The European Parliament’s plenary adopted a law which would make it possible for consumers to use their video-on-demand, music stream or video games subscriptions when travelling across the EU.1 So far, due to copyright rules consumers were often blocked from accessing content they were subscribed to in their home country when they were abroad.
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The European Commission confirmed today that Facebook misled the EU’s competition body during the 2014 investigation into the acquisition of WhatsApp.
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On Friday 12 May, BEUC’s General Assembly gathering in London unanimously re-elected Örjan Brinkman from the Swedish Consumers’ Association to be its president for another 4-year term.
BEUC’s General Assembly also reconfirmed Gerjan Huis in ‘t Veld (from Dutch member Consumentenbond) as Vice-President. Luisa Crisigiovanni from Italy’s Altroconsumo was re-appointed to be BEUC’s treasurer.
BEUC’s General Assembly also reconfirmed Gerjan Huis in ‘t Veld (from Dutch member Consumentenbond) as Vice-President. Luisa Crisigiovanni from Italy’s Altroconsumo was re-appointed to be BEUC’s treasurer.
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