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Informal Council and consumer associations lay down bases for future EU action to ensure that consumer interests are taken more account of in Internal Market - Differences over appropriateness of amending legislation over trade marks

Brussels, 30/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Joint informal Internal Market/Consumer Council of Lund (Sweden) was qualified as historic by Britta Lejon, Swedish Minister for Consumer Policy, in that it offered relevant ministers of the Fifteen the first opportunity to reflect together on way of taking more account of consumer interests in the internal market. It also enabled - another innovation - them to hear the concerns and demands of consumer organisations at the ""Voice of the European...