Sorin Mierlea, președintele InfoCons, participant în cadrul Summit-ului Consumatorilor

Președintele InfoCons, Sorin Mierlea, participă astăzi la Summit-ul Consumatorilor 2018 – Les Assises des Consommateurs, ce are loc în Belgia, la Bruxelles. În cadrul summit-ului, discuțiile vor fi purtate pe diferite subiecte precum: modernizarea drepturilor consumatorului european și a felului in care acestea sunt puse în aplicare, o îmbunătățire a felului în care consumatorii sunt despăgubiți sau prioritățile viitoare în domeniul protecției consumatorului european. Vor lua cuvântul numeroși invitați de-a lungul summit-ului, precum:

Ivana Soić, ministrul economiei în Croația;

Pascal Arimont, membru al Parlamentului European;

Gerd Billen, secretar de stat în cadrul Ministerului Justiției și Consumatorilor din Germania;

-Marius Pârvu, președinte al Autorității Naționale pentru Protecția Consumatorilor;

Virginie Beaumeunier, ministrul economiei din Franța;

Mady Delvaux, membră a Parlamentului European;

-și mulți alții.

Programul complet al summit-ului poate fi găsit mai jos.

10:30 – 10:40

Welcome address:

Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Kick-off:

Sean Klein, Journalist & Broadcaster, moderator

10:40 – 11:50

Modernization of EU Consumer Rights and Enforcement

Adapting to Digitalization

v What are the views of the co-legislators? (15-20 minutes):

Ivana Soić, Assistant Minister, Croatian Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts

Pascal Arimont, Member of the European Parliament, IMCO Committee Shadow Rapporteur on the ‘Omnibus’ Directive

v Panel Discussion with brief interventions (2-4 minutes each):

  • Giovanni Calabrò, Director General DG Consumer Protection, Italian Competition Authority (AGCM)
  • Bob Boelema, Coordinating Inspector in the International Affairs Consumer Division Representative, Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)
  • Isabelle Buscke, Team Leader Brussels, Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv)
  • Els Bruggeman, Domain Head Advocacy & Enforcement, Belgian Consumer Organisation “Test-Achats/Test-Aankoop`
  • Marie Even, General Secretary of Cdiscount,
  • Antonio Longo, Member of the Diversity Europe Group, EESC

v Q&A (15 minutes)

v Interaction with all participants (5 minutes)

v Conclusions (5 minutes): Marie-Paule Benassi, Acting Director, DG Justice and Consumers

11:50 – 13:00

Improving Consumer Redress

Individually and Collectively

v What are the views of the co-legislators? (15-20 minutes):

Gerd Billen, State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumers

Geoffroy Didier, Member of the European Parliament, JURI Committee Rapporteur on the Representative Actions Directive

v Panel Discussion with brief interventions (2 minutes):

  • Dorota Karczewska, Vice-President, Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK)
  • Baiba Vītoliņa, Director, Latvian Consumer Rights Protection Centre (PTAC/CRPC)
  • Petra Leupold, Head of the VKI Academy, Austrian Consumer Information Association (VKI)
  • Bob Schmitz, EU Legal Counsel, Luxembourgish Union of Consumers (ULC)
  • Ian Talbot, Chief Executive, Chief Executive, Chambers Ireland
  • Colin Lustenhouwer, Member of the Employers’ Group, EESC

v Q&A (15 minutes)

v Interaction with all participants (5 minutes)

v Conclusions (5 minutes): Blanca Rodriguez Galindo, Head of Unit “Consumer and Marketing Law`, DG Justice and Consumers

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 14:45

Keynote speech

Vera Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumersand Gender Equality

14:45 – 15:00

Trio Presidency interventions:

Emil Alexiev, Bulgarian Presidency Chair of the Consumer Working Party and Head of the Consumer Policy Unit in the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy

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Marius Pirvu, President of the Romanian National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC)

15:00 – 16:50

Future priorities for European Consumer protection

Challenges ahead

v What are the views of the co-legislators? (15-20 minutes):

Virginie Beaumeunier, Director General, DG CCRF, French Ministry of Economy

Mady Delvaux, Member of the European Parliament

Brief 2-minutes interventions from different perspectives:

v National Authorities’ Policy and Enforcement Perspective:

  • Ana Catarina Fonseca, Director-General, DG Consumers, Portuguese Ministry of Economy
  • Fergal O’Leary, Member, Irish Competition and Consumer Commission (CCPC)
  • Susanne Aamann, Deputy Head of Unit, Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (DCCA)
  • Una Shortall, Deputy Secretary General, Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)

v Civil Society Perspective:

  • Luis Silveira Rodrigues, Vice-President, Portuguese Consumer Organisation “Defensa do Consumidor` (DECO)
  • Jens Henriksson, International Affairs, The Swedish Consumers’ Association
  • Baiba Miltoviča, International and EU Affairs Adviser of the Latvian National Association for Consumer Protection (LPIAA)
  • Roberto Cerminara, Responsible Commerce and Company Legislation Section, Confcommercio
  • Huberta Maitz-Strassnig, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKÖ)
  • Ferre Wyckmans, Member of the Workers' Group, EESC

v European Perspective:

  • Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC
  • Chiara Giovannini, Deputy Secretary-General, ANEC
  • Pedro Oliveira, Director of the Legal Affairs Department, BusinessEurope
  • Joanna Lopatowska, Head of Digital and Consumer Policy, EuroCommerce
  • Leon Mölenberg, Senior Policy Advisor, eCommerce Europe
  • Luc Hendrickx, Director Enterprise Policy and External Relations, SMEunited (formerly UEAPME)
  • Triin Saag, Director of government affairs, EMOTA
  • Caroline Walczak, Policy Manager, Digital Europe
  • Erwan Bertrand, Head of Single Market Policy,Eurochambres

Open floor discussion with Delegations (including National Authorities, Consumer and Business Organisations, and other Civil Society organisations), and Q&A

v Conclusions (5 minutes): Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Acting Deputy Director General, DG Justice and Consumers

16:50 – 17:00

Closing remarks:

Francisco Fonseca Morillo, Head of the European Commission Representation in Spain

Ariane Rodert, President of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, EESC

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