Press Release: No hiding place for rogue traders: Commission proposes EU-wide network of national watchdogs

The European Commission adopted a proposal on 22 July 2003 for a regulation which will link up national enforcement authorities and enable them to take co-ordinated action against rogue traders who abuse the freedom of the EU's Internal Market in order to deceive consumers.

The regulation will remove existing barriers to information exchange and cooperation and empowers enforcement authorities to seek and obtain action from their counterparts in other Member States.

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

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