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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10575

16 March 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 33
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) consumers
Sustainable consumption - big hopes, little EU commitment

Brussels, 15/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 15 March, European Consumer Day, the BEUC (European Consumers' Organisation) calls on the EU to take energetic measures to help consumers adopt a sustainable lifestyle. Consumers' Day 2012 is devoted to sustainable consumption. Consumers are too often disenchanted when seeking to make sustainable choices, BEUC bemoans, saying that sustainable products are often more expensive when they are actually available, advertising is “green-washing” and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICY
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU