Information Guide: Consumer policy

A guide to the European Union's consumer policy, with hyperlinks to sources of information within European Sources Online and on external websites.

Contents:
- Introduction
- Background
- Legal basis
- Consumer policy action plans
- Health and Consumer Protection Programme 2007-2013
- Health and Consumer Protection Programme 2014-2020
- Legislation
- Consumer Rights Directive
- Consumer Market Scoreboard
- Consumer organisations
- Information sources in the ESO database
- Further information sources on the internet

Text revised by Ariane Apodaca, May 2014.
Hyperlinks checked by Henry Griffith, August 2016.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Fact Sheets, May 2016: Consumer policy: principles and instruments http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/fiches_techniques/2013/050501/04A_FT(2013)050501_EN.pdf

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Fact Sheets, May 2016: Consumer protection measures http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/en/displayFtu.html?ftuId=FTU_5.5.2.html

Archive of European Integration: ESO Information Guide: Consumer Policy http://aei.pitt.edu/75406

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