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CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION THE QUALITY OF LIFE

Acronym: EKPIZO

General Information

Identification Code: 418896639310-08
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Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 9/2/2020
Last Update: 3/4/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: EKPIZO – Consumers’ Association The Quality of Life established in 1988, protects consumer rights and improves their quality of life; it is a nongovernmental, nonprofit and accredited association, administered by a 7 members Board, has over 22000 members, 7 employees and 36 volunteers (2022 data). Our financial sources, strictly defined by law, are only allowed from members’ fees, collective actions, subsidies/grants from national, EU and other international Public Institutions and Foundations. EKPIZO’ s multi annual work has led to jurisdiction’s creation and legal reforms; due to its court and out of court actions EKPIZO members got back over 21,5 million euro illegally withheld by companies EKPIZO has carried out over 110 mainly EU and some national projects
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Banking and financial services
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
  • Trade
  • Transport
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EKPIZO works on the following prioritized issues: * Banking and Insurance services * Consumer Rights & Enforcement; - Passenger rights - Collective redress - Unfair commercial practices and contract terms - Enforcement and competition law *Digital Rights; - Privacy and personal data protection - Telecoms Single Market - Artificial Intelligence *Energy - Energy consumer rights - Energy markets *Food - Food information - Food safety - Food sustainability - Health and nutrition claims *Health - Medical devices - Pharmaceuticals - Access to Medicines *Safety - Chemicals - Product safety *Trade/Agreements
Communication Activities: In general, EKPIZO: - as member of BEUC- ANEC participates mostly indirectly on the above mentioned activities, through internal consultations for the final position development. Also it sends directly letters to the EU institutions when necessary - responds to national official requests for comments/opinion on EU legislation-other matters - promotes the common positions of ANEC and BEUC at national level - responds to requests of external companies assigned to review-evaluate EU legislation - before Covid-19 pandemic participated in several events organized by the EU Representation in Greece, the European Parliament Office in Greece - during economic crisis met with several MEPs, Troika, Task Force and gave many interviews to EU-international TV and Radio Stations - participated in several EΕSC meetings held in Greece - has participated in several EU campaigns, promoted them via its social media disseminated relevant material, etc - EKPIZO participated in the EP campaign/petition /consultation on new Genomic Technics - We participated in the European Citizens' Initiative that supported Νutriscore obligatory adoption at EU level (2019-2020) - Food Sustainability: participated in an eleven country on line survey; it aimed at better understanding the expectations and attitudes of consumers in relation to food sustainability, the obstacles they face in making more sustainable food choices and the measures which they think are needed to make the sustainable choice easier. - Participation in the Committee responsible for the transposition of Directive (ΕΕ) 2019/2161 into the national legislation - Teleconference with MEP Anna Asimakopoulou, on the subject of Google - Participation in the Study of the European Commission trade department’s Civil Society Dialogue - DG TRADE online discussion bulletin board: Civil Society Dialogue and how engage better with CSOs - Participation in the Public consultation on quality and sustainability of wild and farmed fish products - Participation in the EU Survey about the Perception of core European values among civil society organizations (CSOs) in EU member states, focusing mostly on democracy, rule of law and solidarity - Participation as speaker in the Farm to Fork 2020 Conference (15-16 October) - Participation in the project REVERTER - Participation in the project PsLifestyle - Online attendance of the European Consumer Summit organized by the EC, 10-2-2022 - Letter to the Ministry of Agriculture supporting the Nutriscore,30-2-22 - Attendance of the online event ''Detection and traceability of new genomic techniques for GMOs", organized by the EP, 21-4-22 - Participation of EKPIZO members in the Revision of the Cosmetics Regulation - Letter to Greek MEPs, against the inclusion of nuclear energy and natural gas in the list of green investments (Taxonomy),4-30-22 - Participation in the national official Committee for incorporation of EU Directive 1828/2020 on representative actions into Greek law - Participation in the event organized by the MEP M. Spyraki about Nutriscore,11-5-22 - Interview for revision of the Regulation on Nutritional Information to Consumers, 2-3-22 - Participation in the Summer School in the frame of EUCENA project, 28-6-22 -Participation in the 14th Citizens' Energy Forum, 24-11-22 - participation in "Survey in the context of a European Commission study on consumer education initiatives in the EU Member States" -
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Consumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Stournari 17
Post Code: 10683
City: Athens
Country: GREECE
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EU Office

Address: Stournari 17
Post Code: 10683
City: Athens
Country: GREECE
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: Members of EKPIZO Board are not allowed to receive any remuneration for their services offered to EKPIZO, apart from transportation or public relations expenses Therefore, they are supervising EU projects on behalf of the Board, without any payment apart from T&S expenses or other obligatory activities in the frame of the EU projects, such as domestic transportation

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 3
Members75 Percent: 5
Members: 11
Members F T E: 5.849999904632568

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: - https://www.beuc.eu/ - https://www.anec.eu/ - https://www.finance-watch.org/ - https://www.consumersinternational.org/members - https://tacd.org/about-tacd/member-list/
Organisation Members: EKPIZO is member of: - POMEK (Greek Federation of Consumer Associations) - BEUC ( The European Consumer Organization) - ANEC (European Organization for the consumers representation to Standardization) - EU Health Alliance http://medicinesalliance.eu - Finance Watch, - Consumers International - Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue