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Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

Acronym: BEUC

General Information

Identification Code: 9505781573-45
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: a.i.s.b.l. (not for profit - internat. association)
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/29/2008
Last Update: 3/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 38

Mission & Interests

Goals: BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, is a non-governmental organisation whose job it is to bring the voice of Europe’s consumers to the European Union legislative institutions of Commission, Parliament and Council. We have a membership of 45 independent national consumer organisations from 31 European countries. BEUC acts as the umbrella group in Brussels for these organisations and our main task is to represent our members and defend the interests of all Europe’s consumers.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Banking and financial services
  • Borders and security
  • Budget
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Enlargement
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Fraud prevention
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Public health
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Transport
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: BEUC’s priorities are : Financial services • Trustworthy financial advice • Access to responsible credit offers • Sustainable Finance • Digitalisation in financial services • Access to cash • Payment services • Digital Euro Food • Informed food choices • Healthy & sustainable diets • Safe food • Animal welfare Consumer Rights & Enforcement • Legislation on empowering consumers in the green and the digital transition • Fitness check of the EU consumer law aquis • Reform of the EU product liability rules • Passenger rights • Alternative Dispute Resolution • Representative Actions and Collective redress • Public enforcement Digital rights • Artificial Intelligence • Digital services and platform regulation • Data Protection and Privacy • Cybersecurity • Digital Transformation • Telecommunications • Internet of Things/Connected goods • Data Economy Sustainability • Sustainable and durable products and services • Sustainable mobility • Consumer information on sustainability • Sustainable supply chains Energy • Consumer rights in gas • Consumer rights in district heating • Buildings‘Renovation wave • Energy Poverty • Heating and cooling decarbonisation • Fair and affordable energy transition to net zero • Digitalisation of energy markets Health • Access to medicines • Digital Health • Access to medicines Safety • General Product safety • Chemical safety • Sector specific product safety o Implementation of the Market Surveillance Regulation o Implementation and revision of Toy Safety Competition • EU enforcement of competition law • Digital Markets Act • Competition law and market regulation • Enhanced co-operation between consumer organisations and competition agencies International Affairs • Trade agreements between the EU and another partner and between the EU and multiple partners • Beyond trade: international cooperation EU regulation and governance • Better regulation agenda • Legal framework for standardization website: www.beuc.eu
Communication Activities: We do communication activities on all our priorities mentioned above; see our website www.beuc.eu
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Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Rue d'Arlon, 80
Post Code: B-1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue d'Arlon, 80
Post Code: B-1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
Closed Year: [object Object]
Current Year: [object Object]
Complementary Information: * EU Single Market Programme: On 28 April 2021, The European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation 2021/690 which recognises the need to empower consumers and their representative organisations at national level and at Union level. Article 10 recognises BEUC as a designated beneficiary of the Single Market Programme 2021-2027. * EU Grants: CLEAR-X (CINEA), CLEAR HP (CINEA), PROMPT (EASME) * EU Service Contracts: Consumer Pro (EISMEA), Ecolabel, Ecodesign * Donations from foundations: 2,414,963 €

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 37
Members: 37
Members F T E: 27.75
Info Members: 37 persons who work for BEUC spend most of their time on activitities related to interest representation. The names of these persons are as listed below ( EP acreddited ).

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Verein für Konsumenten-information – VKI/ Austrian Consumers’ Association (1) Association Belge des Consommateurs - Test Achats/ Test Aankoop(1) Kypriakos Sundesmos Katanaloton/Cyprus Consumers' Association – CCA (1) Асоциация Активни потребители/ Bulgarian National Association Active Users - BNAP(1) Fédération Romande des Consommateurs - FRC (CH) (1) Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband - vzbv/ Federation of German Consumer Organisations (1) Forbrugerrådet Taenk – /Danish Consumer Council – DK (1) Eesti Tarbijakaitse Liit – Estonian Consumers Union - ETL - (1) Organizacion de Consumidores y Usuarios – OCU (SP) (1) Confederacion de Consumidores y Usuarios – CECU (SP) (1) Consommation, Logement et Cadre de Vie – CLCV (FR) (1) Union Fédérale des Consommateurs - UFC - Que Choisir (FR) (1) Which? (UK) (1) Consumers' Protection Center – KEPKA (GR) (1) Association for the Quality of Life - E.K.PI.ZO (GR) (1) Fogyasztóvédelmi Egyesületek Országos Szövetsége - FEOSZ /National Federation of Associations for Consumer Protection in Hungary – (HU) (1), Tudatos Vásárlók Egyesülete – TVE/ Association of Conscious Consumers – ACC (HU) (1) Consumers' Association of Ireland - CAI(1) Neytendasamtökin – NS (IS) (1) Altroconsumo (IT) (1) Adiconsum Nazionale (IT) (1) Union Luxembourgeoise des Consommateurs – ULC (1) Latvijas Patērētāju interešu aizstāvības asociācija - LPIAA / Latvia Consumer Association (1) Organizacija na potrosuvacite na Makedonija - OPM /Consumers’ Organisation of Macedonia - OPM(1) Consumentenbond – CB (NL) (1) Forbrukerrådet – FR – Norvegian Consumer Council (NO)(1) Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor – DECO (PT) (1) Federacja Konsumentów - FK - Polish Consumer Federation FK(1) Stowarzyszenie Konsumentów Polskich - SKP - Association of Polish Consumers - SKP(1) Asociatia Pro Consumatori – Romanian Association for Consumers’ Protection – APC Romania(1) Sveriges Konsumenter - SK/ The Swedish Consumers’ Association(1) Zveza Potrošnikov Slovenije – ZPS/ Slovene Consumers’ Association- ZPS (1) Združenie slovenských spotrebiteľov - ZSS / Association of Slovak Consumers – ZSS (1) Spoločnosti ochrany spotrebiteľov – S.O.S./ SOS Poprad ( SK) (1) Arbeiterkammer – AK (AT) (1) Stiftung Warentest (DE) (1) dTEST - Czech association of consumers (1) Kuluttajaliitto – Konsumentförbundet ry – KK/ Consumers’ Union of Finland (1) Consumatori Italiani per l'Europa - CIE (1) Lietuvos vartotojų organizacijų aljansas - LVOA/ Alliance of Lithuanian Consumer Organisations – ALCO (1) Citizens Advice (UK) (1) Unija potrosaca Hrvatske - UPH/ Croatian Alliance of consumers – CAC (1) Consumer Council of Northern Ireland (1) Asociación de usuarios financieros – ASUFIN (ES) / Association of financial users (1) Fundacja Konsumentów – FC (PL)/ The Foundation for Polish Consumers (1)
Organisation Members: BEUC maintains close contacts with our “big sister”, the international consumer organisation, Consumers International (CI). BEUC also plays an active role in the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), which is designed to promote contacts and exchanges with our colleagues in the US.