Tsiodras: Discussion on consumer protection from unfair practices

A statement connected the ways to support Greek and European consumers from unfair commercialized practices connected the support and connected the internet volition beryllium organised connected Friday (10/10), astatine 10 am, astatine the Plaza Hotel successful Syntagma Square, by the New Democracy MEP, Dimitris Tsiodras, subordinate of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament.

In today’s fast-changing market, consumers are looking for affordable prices, prime products, and harmless transactions. Yet each day, they look inflated prices, unclear merchandise labels, and unfair commercialized practices.

Both Greece and the European Union are trying to conscionable these caller challenges by introducing tougher information standards, imposing penalties connected violators, and creating easier ways for citizens to record complaints oregon resoluteness disputes retired of court.

Still, cardinal questions remain: Are these measures really being enforced? Do citizens cognize their rights? Are the extortion mechanisms genuinely effective? Because the marketplace tin lone service the nationalist involvement erstwhile the rules are not conscionable written—but applied.

These issues volition beryllium astatine the halfway of treatment during the upcoming Round Table, which volition feature:
Minister of Development Takis Theodorikakos, Secretary General of Commerce Sotiris Anagnostopoulos, Secretary General of Industry Eleftherios Kritikos, Director of DIMEA Spyridon Peristeri, Consumer Advocate Anna Stratinaki, EETT President Konstantinos Masselos, NCRTV ineligible adept Persa Lampropoulou, Vice President of the Competition Commission Hara Nikolopoulou, President of the National Accreditation System Tasos Thomaidis, Athens Trade Association President Thanos Tsangaris, Greek typical and committee subordinate of Ecommerce Europe Makis Savvidis, President of the Hellenic E-Commerce Association Katerina Fraidaki, EKPIZO President Panagiota Kalapotharakou, Hellenic Retail Association President Konstantinos Gerardos, and the Director General of the Institute of Consumer Goods Retail Research (IELKA).