SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) health

PIP before court - BEUC calls for collective redress

Brussels, 18/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - In the context of the criminal proceedings brought against the founder and four directors of the French company PIP (Poly Implant Prothèses), which opened in Marseilles on 17 April, the European consumer organisation (BEUC) calls on the European Union to establish a system of collective redress for consumers and victims of abusive practice. In the context of the recent scandals, said BEUC Director General Monique Goyens, the continued hesitation on the...