Work is progressing at technical level in the EU Council bodies on the proposed Directive to empower EU consumers to play an active role in the green transition.
With this proposal, presented on 30 March, the Commission intends to amend EU legislation to give consumers a right to information on the lifetime and reparability of products (amendment of Directive 2011/83/EU ‘Consumer Rights’) and to better protect them against non-credible environmental claims (greenwashing) and early...