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Consumers support early introduction of World Light Duty test procedure (A joint letter to Commissioner Tajani by ANEC, BEUC and FIA Region I)

ANEC comments on CEN Workshop Agreement on quality criteria for health checks

Joint Orgalime/ANEC letter to Commissioner Tajani on Environmental Footprint: Draft Communication on Unlocking the Single Market for Green Products

ANEC-BEUC Position Paper: EU Subgroup on chemicals in toys fails its mission - Critical review (November 2012)

ANEC Position Paper on CE Marking "Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware"

ANEC contribution to the study commissioned by the European Commission with respect to the interoperability of charging four-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) throughout the EU.

ANEC Statement to the World Forum for the Harmonisation of Vehicle regulations (UNECE WP 29)

One-pager on a new regulation on child-restraint systems (the I- size Regulation)

ANEC-BEUC Position Paper: Consumer organisations comments on draft Ecodesign and Labelling rules for Vacuum Cleaners

Stakeholders' Response to the EC Communication on the Second Regulatory Review on Nanomaterials

ANEC Response to the European Commission Public Consultation on Options for Resource Efficiency Indicators

ANEC/BEUC position on reducing children exposure to lead from toys

ANEC Position Paper on the European Commission's proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

ANEC Position Paper of interoperability and the role of standards

ANEC-BEUC letter to Vice-President Tajani on CE marking

ANEC/BEUC comments on the draft Ecodesign regulation for Directional lamps, LED lamps and related equipment

ANEC reply to EC public consultation on 'The Internet is gearing up for the next technological revolution: communication with and among objects. How would you envisage the "governance" of such an "Internet of Things"(IoT)?'

ANEC Position Paper on protected volume in standards for child use and care articles

ANEC rejects read across approach concerning the EU-Ecolabel for office buildings

ANEC comments on the 'Reference Document on Best Environmental Management Practices in the Construction Sector (Draft May 2012)'

ANEC replies to the public Commission Consultation on 'An EU Strategy to Reduce Injuries Resulting from Road Traffic Accidents'

ANEC/BEUC 2011-2012 inventory of products claiming to contain nano-silver

Presentation to Turkish consumer organisations

ANEC on crucial goals for a 7th Environmental Action Programme: Summary accompanying ANEC final response to the consultation on EU environment policy priorities for 2020

ANEC final response to the consultation on EU environment policy priorities for 2020: Towards the seventh EU Environment Action Programme

ANEC contribution to the Commission consultation on "The provision of road safety related minimum universal traffic information free of charge to users under the ITS Directive 2010/40/EU"

ANEC Position Paper 'Environmental assessment goes astray. A critique of environmental footprint methodology and its ingredients'

ANEC position on the new EU Consumer Policy Strategy

ANEC presentation on CRS to the 3rd Road Safety Seminar in Ankara/Turkey (Turkish version)

FINAL REPORT Child WG R&T on finger entrapment

Executive summary - Requirements for tests of child finger entrapment in European safety standards

ANEC final response to the EC consultation on the revision of the SCP/SIP Action Plan

Annex to ANEC final response to the EC consultation on the revision of the SCP/SIP Action Plan

ANEC-BEUC comments on the Ecodesign Working Plan 2012-2014

ANEC position on EC proposal to align nine directives with New Legislative Framework

ANEC comments on ISO/IEC CD Guide 51 "Safety aspects - Guidelines for their inclusion in standards"

ANEC response to the public consultation of the European Commission on the revision of Directive 2009/142/EC on appliances burning gaseous fuels

ANEC answers to the European Commission Public Consultation on "Helping public authorities procure ICT based on standards"

Main consumer expectations from CEN Workshop Agreement on quality criteria for health checks

ANEC/BEUC position paper: flame retardant TCEP should be banned from all toys

ANEC contribution to the European Commission public consultation with a view to a European Accessibility Act

ANEC fact-sheet on uses of nanomaterials in the European market

ADDENDUM TO FINAL REPORT OF ANEC DFA/DOMAP R&T PROJECT on Requirements needed in European household appliance performance standards to improve ease of use of appliances by older people and people with disabilities

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