Press Release: Commission welcomes agreement to crack down on rogue traders: EU-wide enforcement network to be created

The European Commission has welcomed the Competitiveness Council's endorsement on 18 May 2004 of a new EU law that will help prevent unscrupulous traders from evading consumer protection authorities by targeting consumers living in other EU countries. The Competitiveness Council endorsed legislation that will create an EU-wide network of national enforcement authorities capable of taking co-ordinated action against rogue traders who abuse the freedom of the EU's Internal Market in order to run cross border scams.

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http://ec.europa.eu/comm/consumers/prot_rules/admin_coop/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/consumers/prot_rules/admin_coop/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/consumers/topics/cross_border_shopping_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/comm/consumers/topics/cross_border_shopping_en.pdf

http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/intm/80522.pdf http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/intm/80522.pdf

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