European consumer association

The European Consumers Association ( French Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs , BEUC for short ) is an association of independent consumer organizations in the European Union based in Brussels . The European Consumers Association, founded on March 6, 1962, is a member of Consumers International and employs around 35 people. The Belgian lawyer Monique Goyens has headed the association since 2007 .

Members

The European Consumer Association has 41 member associations (as of April 2016), including the following German-speaking organizations:

• Germany:
  • Stiftung Warentest
  • Federal Association of Consumers (vzbv)
• Austria:
  • Chamber for workers and employees ( Chamber of Labor, AK)
  • Association for Consumer Information (VKI)

The following non-language organizations are also members of the consumer association:

• France: Union fédérale des consommateurs
• Luxembourg: Union Luxembourgeoise des Consommateurs (ULC)
• Netherlands: Consumentenbond
• Switzerland: Fédération romande des consommateurs (FRC)
• United Kingdom: Which?

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ History . European Consumers' Association website, accessed April 7, 2016.
2. ↑ Who we are . European Consumer Association website, accessed April 7, 2016
3. ↑ Ruth Reichstein: Consumer advocate on the EU crisis: "The banks just overdo it" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 22, 2011, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed October 3, 2019]).
4. ↑ ^{a b} Our Members . European Consumers' Association website, accessed April 7, 2016.