The Association for Consumer Rights Malta (ACR) is inviting the public to have their say on the quality of public transport in Malta by participating in a three-minute online survey on this subject. ACR Malta will present the public’s submissions and proposals to the Malta Public Transport and relevant authorities. ACR Malta is undertaking this…
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Press Release – ACR AGM 2022 highlights the need to address Consumer Challenges in a rapidly changing society at all levels large
The ACR (Malta) AGM 2022 was held virtually on 28 February 2022. In her opening address ACR President Pauline Azzopardi highlighted the forward-looking vision of ACR, to address the challenges of a fast changing society – a vision empowering Maltese consumers with information on their rights and responsibilities in identifying bait advertising, false claims, misleading…
ACR (Malta) Annual Report 2021
During the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Association for Consumer Rights (ACR) Malta, held on 28 February 2022, the Annual Report for 2021 was presented and adopted. The Annual Facebook Page Report 2021 on the ACR (Malta) Facebook page was also presented.
Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Equity – How to strengthen the EU in the global race of future skills and education, while ensuring social inclusion
The rapid progress in digitalisation and AI challenges the EU to be well equipped to succeed in global competition. The improvement of skills and competences plays a key role here and requires the active development of education and training, which should also help people meet evolving demand and shape progress, by following its different forms…
World Consumer Rights Day 2022 – MCCAA conference: Empowering consumers in the digital and green transition
The MCCAA marked World Consumer Rights Day by a conference themed “Empowering consumers in the digital and green transition”, held on 15 March 2022. The MCCAA Chairperson Inġ. Helga Pizzuto said that the conference served as an opportunity to reflect on how the stakeholders could work together towards a safer and more sustainable market for the…
Diskussjoni: Il-futur tax-xogħol fl-Unjoni Ewropea għal soċjetà iktar ġusta
Konferenza dwar il-Futur tal-Ewropa – it-Tielet Laqgħa B’rabta mal-Konferenza dwar il-Futur tal-Ewropa, l-Aġenzija Servizzi Ewropej f’Malta (SEM) u Europe Direct Valletta organizzaw it-tielet diskussjoni pubblika minn serje ta’ laqgħat bit-tema, ‘L-Ewropa li nixtieq’. Il-Konferenza dwar il-Futur tal-Ewropa hija inizjattiva li qiegħda ssir matul din is-sena fl-Ewropa kollha, biex ċittadini minn kull qasam tal-ħajja jagħtu l-opinjoni…
Malta’s Long term Waste Management Plan 2021-2030
Technical Summary The Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning has developed a Waste Management Plan for the Maltese Islands 2021-2030, as mandated under the European Union Waste Framework Directive and as transposed in local legislation. As a backdrop, it must be noted that Malta’s annual municipal waste generated per capita is currently higher…
Unjoni Ewropea tas-Sahha
B’rabta mal-Konferenza dwar il-Futur tal-Ewropa, l-Aġenzija SEM qiegħda torganizza diversi laqgħat bit-tema, ‘L-Ewropa li Nixtieq’, sabiex jiġu diskussi numru ta’ suġġetti li se jikkontribwixxu għat-tfassil tal-futur tal-Unjoni Ewropea fis-snin li ġejjin. Dawn il-laqgħat huma intiżi biex ċittadini minn kull qasam tal-ħajja jagħtu l-opinjoni, jaqsmu l-ħsibijiet u l-aspirazzjonijiet tagħhom dwar kif jixtiequ li jkun il-futur tal-Unjoni…
ANEC & BEUC views on the European Commission’s Sustainable Product Initiative
Within the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), the European Commission announced the development of a policy initiative aimed at making sustainable products the norm and addressing the challenges that consumers often face when trying to make sustainable choices. ANEC and BEUC welcome this initiative and agree that to meet the CEAP’s ambitious objectives, systemic changes…
Opinion of the EESC on Commission proposal for a Regulation on Sustainability requirements for batteries in the EU
On 10 December 2020, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2020) 798 final 2020/0353 (COD)] concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and modifying Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of 20 June…