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Black Friday 2025 – Shop Smart and Stay Protected
Black Friday 2025 – Shop Smart and Stay Protected Please click on blue writing to read newsletter :- ECC Malta newsletter issue 2 2025
Recent news that Ryanair is asking only for electronic boarding passes in some airports. This is not acceptable.
RYANAIR BAN ON PAPER BOARDING PASSES ANGERS CONSUMER ORG: Ryanair recently announced it will no longer accept printed boarding passes, and that passengers will instead be required to use the digital equivalent generated by the low-cost airline’s app to board their flights. The switch to digital-only boarding passes was initially planned for Nov. 3 but…
MEPs set out their red lines for air passenger rights changes
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251009IPR30833/meps-set-out-their-red-lines-for-air-passenger-rights-changes Compensation after three-hour flight delay Personal item plus small trolley free of charge No fees for checking in, selecting children’s seating or correcting booking errors To help air passengers, MEPs suggest maintaining the current right to compensation after a three-hour delay, plus unlocking new rights on free children’s seats and cabin luggage. On Monday,…
European Union Pharma Regulation and Directive and the Patient Information Leaflet
ACR Malta had a discussion with the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the Kunsill Nazzjonali ta L-Anzjani (KNA) to discuss the current discussions at EU level where there may be the introduction of a QR code to replace the paper information leaflets that accompany packaged medicines. At the moment there are ongoing discussions…
WARNING Product Recall
ALERT/WARNING FOR SAFETY A product being sold online by Amazon is being recalled. It is dangerous for kids. These are a set of 12 bursting balloons for use in swimming pools or seaside. For more details see below link issued by the EU and for returning the product see the Amazon website. https://ec.europa.eu/…/webReport/alertDetail/10094969.
Apple and Meta necessary to bring more choice to consumers in digital markets
European Commission decisions against Apple and Meta necessary to bring more choice to consumers in digital markets Published on 23.04.2025 The decisions by the European Commission against Apple and Meta for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are good news for consumers to enjoy more of the potential benefits of this crucial law since…
The healthy baby foods that are full of sugar
News from BEUC which is the umbrella for European Consumer Association that ACR belongs to. The healthy baby foods that are full of sugar A 2025 report by nutrition experts at the University of Leeds, funded by Which? and Sustain, has raised concerns about the state of commercial baby foods. Many supermarket baby and toddler…
ACR (Malta) Annual Report 2024
During the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Association for Consumer Rights (ACR Malta), held on 15th March 2025, the Annual Report 2024 was presented and adopted. Three resolutions were presented for 2025: ACR Resolution Subsidies for Private Health Care for Maltese Citizens 2025 ACR Resolution Seeking more efficient and reliable public bus services in…
Flying Abroad? – Know Your Rights as an Air Passenger
ECC Malta Newsletter Issue 4 2024