Evaluating impact on consumer information and protection

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Scope

Does the option affect consumer information and protection?

Definition

Public availability of information on product/service characteristics and usage: the amount and quality of information provided by means of labels on packaging of goods, of technical documentation and of notices to users of goods and services. These may signal the degree of "civilisation" of a market, and help protect consumers from asymmetric information problems. The minimum required information to be provided can be regulated by law, creating the conditions for increasing participation of consumers to the functioning of market mechanisms.

Result

Indicators:

Some potentially highly relevant consumer protection indicators, such as contaminant contents in food and feed (Dioxins and PCBs in food and feed, Mercury in fish and shellfish products, pesticide residues in food and feed) are not availbale through Eurostat due to problems in indicator defintion and data quality. Click here for an overview of the data situation.

The following Eurostat Sustainable Development Indicators (Sustainable Consumption and Production, Public Health) can be considered as proxy indicators useful to address the key question:

• Eco-label awards
• Salmonellosis incidence rate

There are no Eurostat Structural Indicators directly related to this key question

See also

IA TOOLS

References

This text is for information only and is not designed to interpret or replace any reference documents. The text is partially adapted from:

European Commission: Consumer Policy Strategy