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During the ACR AGM 2017 held on 1 April 2017 the following resolutions were adopted: Digitising European Industry from the Maltese perspective – Industry 4.0  Digitising European Industry  Easier access to make retail payments for the disabled and the older generation Medicines and the Consumer-Patient Cross-border Parcel Delivery System Addressing geo-blocking and other forms of…

Presentation at MCESD CS by Association for Consumer Rights (ACR). Mary Mangion and Marie Demicoli invited Dr Marie Briguglio as an expert on behalf of ACR to give a  presentation entitled “Consumers – they’re only human. BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS INSIGHTS FOR CONSUMER POLICY” at the MCESD CS. The meeting was held on Monday 8th May…

The European Digital Competence Framework for Consumers or “DigCompConsumers” offers a reference framework to support and improve consumers’ digital competence. Consumer digital competence is defined as the competence consumers need to function actively, safely and assertively in the digital marketplace. This definition builds on existing work on consumers’ competence, and on the general digital…

European Consumer Centre of Malta (ECC Malta) has issued the Newsletter MARCH 2017 ISSUE 01 The European Consumer Centre of Malta (ECC Malta) forms part of the European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) with offices throughout all European Union Member States. The aim of the ECC-Net is to help with questions consumers may have concerning…

Click here to see a presentation given by Odette Vella, Director Information, Education and Research Office for Consumer Affairs, Malta Competition and Consumers Affairs (MCCAA). Topics cover aspects such as the current legislation on Liability for defective products, What makes a product ‘defective’?, who is liable, and Unknown or unreachable manufacturer.

The Annual General Meeting of the Association for Consumer Rights held on Saturday 1 April 2017 was an interactive and a keenly debated morning during which the various aspects of Digitalisation, embedded in the European Digital Agenda were presented from a national perspective. The topic , which is high on the Malta Presidency agenda…

The European Commission on 1 March presented a White Paper on the Future of Europe, which forms the Commission’s contribution to the Rome Summit of 25 March 2017. Read the press release.

The ACR Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 1 April 2017 at the NCW Centre, Blata l-Bajda. Click here for the agenda. Registration/booking forms and nominations for posts on the Executive Committee are to reach ACR on the above email and postal address not later than Monday 27 March 2017. All members are urged…

  15 March is the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD). This year’s theme is ‘Building a digital world consumers can trust’. On this occasion, ANEC, CEN-CENELEC and the DIN Consumer Council have collaborated and produced an infographic ‘European Standards building a #BetterDigitalWorld consumers can trust’. #BetterDigitalWorld, #WCRD2017, #standards,#WorldConsumerRightsDay. In addition, this year’s G20 Presidency…