Euroconsumers Explained

Euroconsumers: Consumer Organization in Europe, previously known as Conseur - European Consumers, is a private independent multinational corporation, based in Luxembourg,^[1] that works in Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg and Brazil, representing 1.5 million households.^[2]

The main objectives of Euroconsumers are to promote and defend consumer interests, such as freedom of choice, access to information, education and justice, and right to health, safety and a healthy environment.

Euroconsumers is an umbrella for a number of national consumer organizations, co-ordinating their actions at a European level with regard to customers of airlines,^[3] nutritional information on food packaging,^[4] technology,^{[5] [6]} and social media.^{[7] [8]} Their class action lawsuit against Facebook led to a groundbreaking decision in an Italian regional court on the value of private data.^[9]

Member organizations include:

• Test Achats (Belgium), called "Test Aankoop" or "Test Achats"
• OCU (Spain), called "Organizacion de Consumidores y Usuarios"
• Deco Proteste (Portugal)
• Altroconsumo (Italy)
• Proteste (Brazil)

References

1. Web site: Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés - Luxembourg. 2017-11-08. 2017-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170621012827/https://www.rcsl.lu/. dead.
2. Web site: Euroconsumers to Enhance Customer Experience With Vonage . 2020-01-09 . www.businesswire.com. en. 2020-04-28.
3. News: Euroconsumers et Test Achats demandent des mesures européennes pour le secteur des voyages . 27 April 2020 . . . fr.
4. News: Bernard Padoan . Appel pour rendre le Nutri-Score obligatoire à l'échelle européenne . 28 April 2020 . Le Soir . fr.
5. Web site: Des organisations de consommateurs européennes s'unissent contre Apple . 3 July 2020 . . fr.
6. News: Apple doit rembourser 60 € à chaque possesseur d'un iPhone ralenti . Belga . 3 July 2020 . . fr.
7. Web site: . Euroconsumers launch a collective action against Facebook . 5 June 2018 .
8. Web site: Not your Puppets: An update on the Euroconsumers class action against Facebook . Consumers International.
9. Web site: 28 January 2020 . Italian court confirms that personal data has economic value in Facebook case . Andrea Tuninetti Ferrari . Iolanda D'Anselmo. Lexology . Law Business Research.

External links

• Euroconsumers Official website