Consumer protection at European and national level was at the center of the round bank discussion organized by the New Democracy MEP. Dimitris Tsiodrasmember of the Internal Market and Protection CommitteeAtanists of the European Parliament.
In the event that opened by his intervention Minister of Development Takis TheodorikakosGovernment officials, representatives of Independent Authorities, representatives of commercial world bodies and consumer organizations who discussed the challenges of the increased life cost and the need to enhance the protection, transparency, supervision and information of consumer products in the products that of natural stores as well as by electricityRonatic platforms on the internet.
The discussion was attended by: Sotiris Anagnostopoulos, Secretary General of Commerce, Eleftherios Cretan, Secretary General of Industry, Spyridon Peristeris, Director of DIMEA, Anna Straithaki, Asailor consumer, KosNstantinos Masselos, President of EETT, Persia Lambropoulou, Special Scientist – ESR Lawyer, Hara Nikolopoulou, Vice President of Competition Committee, Tasos Thomaidis, President of ESYD, Thanos Tsangaris Inmure of inmuneDinos Gerard, Pre –two AYNDeSMEY Retail Business of Greece (SELPE), Makis Savvidis, representative for Greece & Board Member of Ecommerce Europe, Katerina Fraidakis, President of the Hellenic Association Panayiotas Kalapotharakou, President EKIZOZO and Lefteris Kioses General Manager IELKA.
Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos stressed that the state is closely monitoring the phenomena of unfair practices and is already boosting controls and tightening sanctions.
Mr. Theodorikakos reported extensively to the primaryGovernment’s ovulation to reform market supervisory mechanisms with the creation of an independent consumer protection and market supervision that will be staffed withnew auditors and is expected to be fully operational within six months. The beginning will have theThe responsibility for all market controls, and the consumer lawyer will be incorporated. Mr Theodorikakos called on the other political forces to support the new independent authority and to contribute to its creation with constructive proposals.
“Our logic, the minister said, is the informed citizen consumer and in this direction is the effort of the government that aims at to protect consumers from misleading and unfair commercial practiceof the. “
Mr. Theodorikakos also referred to the need for a total re -enactment of the PA issueRocialism arising from the new conditions that have been shaped internationally but also in the fact that in various areas, and especially in the primary, the due self -sufficiency has not been secured in specific pre -pre -pre -pre -areas.Lives such as livestock.
In trying to strengthen consumer information mechanisms, tackling unfair practices and ensuring the quality of imported products, the Secretaries of the Ministry of Development were mentioned while the Consumer Ombudsman reportedLotten emphasized the importance of consumer consciousness, pointing out that only in the current year the complaints to the lawyer have so far exceeded 15,000 with most of them concerning e -commerce, insurance contracts and telecommunications.
Participating representatives of the commercial world expressed concern about international electronic products selling products from third countries, especially from China and demanded the existence of a single regulatory framework. Within the EU by proposing to take measures such as the imposition of a “national end” that will be channeled to the strengthening of Greek trade.
At the same time, they agreed that consumer protection should remain a central pillar of European and national policy, while highlighting as a key focus on the strengthening of control mechanisms, actively informing citizens about its rights and promoting cooperation between state, businesses and consumer organizations. such as Many of them have mentioned the healthy business world has every interest in having a clear framework for rules that everyone will adhere to.
As D. Tsiodras said in closing the debate, the discussion and exchange of experiences were extremely useful in view of the important legislation that would come to the European Parliament while continuing to bring to the forefront issues related to the daily lives of citizens and the functioning of the market for the benefit of consumer and healthy competition.It is not based on quality and innovation, not misleading practices.
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