EU Publications Office Newsletter

Publications Office Newsletter N° 59
April 2018
ISSN 2315-0018

EU newsflash

The European Commission has proposed a package of new measures to strengthen the Security Union and to deny terrorists and criminals the means and space to act.

Spotlight on consumer protection and food supplies

The European Union has created many benefits for its citizens, with food safety and consumer protection among the most prominent.

Not only has the European Union issued a number of rules that harmonise standards for high-quality food across all EU Member States, it also promotes clear rules for the entire food supply chain, from production via processing and storage to the point where it reaches the consumer, including food prices and competitiveness. The European Commission has recently launched an initiative that aims at improving the rules applicable to the EU food supply chain for the benefit of all its citizens.

The EU also has the world’s most advanced standards for consumer protection. Thanks to the EU, consumers across Europe are assured that their rights are always protected, even when purchasing goods or services online. The European Commission is now proposing to update several consumer-protection rules in a New Deal for Consumers in order to adapt them even better to today’s consumer behaviour.

This newsletter brings you a selection of recent titles that provide further information on these topics.



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The Court of Justice and consumer rights

Since 1952, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ensured that EU law is respected and correctly applied in all Member States. Over the years, it has delivered judgments which have reinforced European integration while granting citizens, and in particular consumers, ever more extensive rights. The publication presents a selection of notable judgments of the Court, classified on a thematic basis.

Available in all the official languages of the EU except Irish

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When food is cooking up a storm

Proven recipes for risk communications

This publication provides information on food safety, risk-assessment methods and the tasks of the European Food Safety Authority. It contains advice based on existing research and long-standing experience and is directed towards governmental agencies that regulate the food sector. The aim is to help communicators in the food sector use high-quality science and take account of public values and preferences when they design communication programmes.

Available in English and Slovenian

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Consumer footprint

Basket of products indicator on food

The EU consumer footprint aims at assessing potential environmental impact due to consumption. The calculation of the consumer footprint is based on the life-cycle assessment of representative products (or services) purchased and used in one year by an EU citizen. This report is about the subset indicator of the basket of products on food, which is built to assess the impact associated to food consumption in Europe from raw-material extraction to end of life.

Available in English

Also out this month

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The EU in 2017

General report on the activities of the European Union

This report highlights what the EU has achieved in 2017 and the progress it has made in delivering on its priorities. The EU, and in particular the European Commission, has taken measures to boost jobs, growth and investment, has made progress on migration and many other things. EU citizens benefit from the Union in a multitude of ways.

Available in all the official languages of the EU

APP

Have your say on Europe

An app of the European Committee of the Regions

Reflecting on Europe is an initiative aiming to offer a space for citizens to present their ideas, thoughts and opinions on what the European Union should be. The main objective is to listen and report feedback from the local level to Brussels and EU institutions and to contribute to the ongoing reflection on the future of the European Union. The app enables citizens to give their opinion through a survey on the future of Europe, view the survey results for all EU countries in the language of their choice, and discover past and future local events taking place in Europe.

Available in all the official languages of the EU

iOS Android

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The European Council and the Council of the EU through time

Decision-and law-making in European integration

The European Council and the Council of the EU are two key players in the EU’s decision-making process. Each has its own distinct role in the EU’s institutional architecture, even though politically and administratively a close organic relationship exists between both institutions. Both bring together representatives of the EU Member States. This booklet traces their origins and evolution through the EU treaties. It explores how they both played a decisive role in European integration and how their history reflects that of the EU as a whole: its policies and ambitions, its crises and progress.

Available in all the official languages of the EU except Irish

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