The European Commission is proposing to amend EU consumer protection legislation to give consumers a right to information on the lifespan and reparability of the products they buy and to better protect them from ‘greenwashing’ (false and non-credible environmental claims) and early obsolescence of products used by unscrupulous companies.
The proposal for a directive, presented on Wednesday 30 March, aims to make consumers actors in the green transition, as foreseen in the Consumer Agenda...