(3) Consumer organisations registered at the Office may join to form an association of consumer organisations for the purposes of actively supporting and promoting the interests of consumer organisations at the national and international level.

(1) The Office shall have an expert council comprising representative of the relevant interested administrative bodies, consumer organisations, business chambers and associations, and authoritative experts in the field of consumer protection.

In particular, responses are expected from economic operators on issues within their specific area of interest (e. g. advertising and marketing, labelling…), patient associations and health and consumer protection NGOs.

The Association Committee shall by decision lay down the practical conditions under which the homonymous designations in question are to be differentiated from each other, taking into account the need to treat the producers concerned fairly and to avoid misleading the consumer.

To the extent that the relevant legislation of the Parties allows, the benefit of the protection afforded by this Agreement shall cover natural and legal persons and federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders and consumers whose head offices are located in the territory of the other Party.

The Association Committee shall by decision lay down the practical conditions of use to enable a distinction to be drawn between the homonymous indications or expressions referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6, bearing in mind the need to treat the producers concerned fairly and to ensure that consumers are not misled.

In so far as the relevant legislation of the Contracting Parties permits, the benefit of the protection afforded by this Agreement shall extend to natural and legal persons, federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders or consumers whose head offices are located in the territory of the other Contracting Party.

for consumer associations, where the proposed concentration concerns products or services used by final consumers.

They may be fixed by national or regional authorities, the International Organisation for Biological Control, producer associations, distributors or consumers, etc.

Consumer associations that apply to be heard should generally be regarded as having a sufficient interest, where the proceedings concern products or services used by the end-consumer or products or services that constitute a direct input into such products or services.

Yet we must be cautious here. The eu has been preparing a document - indeed it is still in the stage of a non-paper document - which was initiated owing to the lobbying of the association of consumers.

This takes into account several non-economic activities of organisations such as trade unions, political parties, churches and religious societies, consumer associations, learned societies, charities as well as relief and aid organisations.

One party argued that the absence of a reaction from its side representing the interests of consumer associations should not be interpreted as a lack of interest, and even more be used to conclude that the impact on consumers of any anti-dumping measures will be limited.

local (including municipal) authorities, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, local traders' associations and local citizens' groups, cooperatives, trade unions, economic and social actors organisations, local organisations (including networks) which are active in the area of regional decentralised cooperation and integration, consumer organisations, women's and youth organisations, teaching, cultural, research and scientific organisations, universities, churches and religious associations or communities, media and any non-governmental associations and independent foundations likely to contribute to development.

Four suppliers replied to the questionnaire and the consumers association sent a submission.

Contacts with consumer associations.

It should be mentioned that the product concerned is not sold at retail level and that no consumers' association made themselves known and participated in this investigation.

It should be mentioned that the product concerned is not sold at retail level and that no consumers' association made themselves known and participated to this investigation.

The Government of India, the sole exporting producer in India during the IP, as well as the complainant and other Community producers, importers, consumers association and suppliers, made their views known in writing.

Questionnaires were sent to the five applicant Community producers, 18 other companies known as producers in the Community, one consumers association and nine companies belonging to the upstream industry (`suppliers` ).

encouraging the development of private consumer associations and contacts between consumer-interest representatives;

The specialised press and consumer associations are also directly involved as opinion multipliers.

Increase consumers` and producers` awareness of the new regulations and promote the role of consumer associations in developing and implementing consumer policy.

4. The members of the Group representing national consumer organisations shall inform and consult the associations they are representing on the Group.

One importer claimed that national users' and consumers' associations should have been contacted by the Commission in order to evaluate the Community interest in the measures.

Organizations that participate in the Direct Marketing Association's Mail Preference Service should promote its availability to consumers who do not wish to receive commercial information.

subscriptions, contributions and dues paid by households to NPISHs, like trade unions, professional societies, consumers' associations, churches and social, cultural, recreational and sports clubs;

The Commission did not receive comments concerning this review from Community consumers' associations, indicating that there is no real concern about the impact of the continued imposition of anti-dumping measures.

It shall include representatives of operators, manufacturers and managers of networks and infrastructures, transport users and energy consumers, trade unions, environmental protection and safety associations and the academic world.

Whereas consultations with consumer associations, the European Blind Union and representatives of the vending machines industry have been carried out to take into account the specific requirements of important categories of coin users;

trade unions, professional or learned societies, consumers' associations, political parties, churches or religious societies (including those financed but not controlled by governments), and social, cultural, recreational and sports clubs;

In so far as the relevant legislation of the Parties permits, the protection afforded by this Annex shall extend to natural and legal persons, federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders and consumers whose head offices are located in the territory of the other Party.

The Commission officially informed the complainant Community producers, other known Community producers, exporting producers, importers and their associations, the European Office of Consumers (BEUC) and the representatives of the exporting countries about the initiation of the investigations.

The Stabilisation and Association Committee may determine by way of decision the practical conditions under which the homonymous designations in question are to be differentiated from each other, taking into account the need to treat the producers concerned fairly and to avoid misleading the consumer.

To the extent that the relevant legislation of the Parties allows, the benefit of the protection afforded by this Annex shall cover natural and legal persons and federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders and consumers whose head offices are located in the territory of the other Party.

The financial contributions for action 18 may be awarded to any legal person or association of legal persons, including appropriate independent public bodies and regional consumer organisations, that acts independently of industry and commerce and is actually responsible for the implementation of the projects.

To the extent that the relevant legislation of each Party so allows, the benefit of protection granted by this Agreement shall be extended to legal and natural persons, corporate bodies and federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders and consumers whose headquarters are located in the other Party.

To the extent that the relevant legislation of each Party so allows, the benefit of protection granted by this Agreement shall be extended to natural and legal persons, corporate bodies and federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders and consumers whose headquarters are located in the other Party.

Insofar as the relevant legislation of the Contracting Parties permits, the benefit of the protection afforded by this Agreement shall extend to natural and legal persons, federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders or consumers whose head offices are located in the territory of the other Contracting Party.

The Stabilisation and Association Committee may determine by way of decision the practical conditions of use to enable a distinction to be drawn between the homonymous indications or expressions referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6, bearing in mind the need to treat the producers concerned fairly and to ensure that consumers are not misled.

Member States shall, where appropriate, in cooperation with, amongst others, industrial associations, consumer organisations, environmental organisations, trade unions and local institutions, in particular use professional publications, local journals, promotion campaigns or any other functional means to promote general awareness of EMAS.

To the extent that the relevant legislation of each Contracting Party so allows, the benefit of the protection given by this Agreement shall be extended to natural and legal persons, bodies corporate and to federations, associations and organisations of producers, traders or consumers whose headquarters are in the other Contracting Party.

(13) The Agreement on the European Economic Area (hereinafter referred to as "the EEA Agreement") provides that the countries of the European Free Trade Association participating in the European Economic Area (hereinafter referred to as "EFTA/EEA countries") should, inter alia, strengthen and broaden cooperation within the framework of the Community's activities in the field of consumer protection.

In order to provide a sound basis on which the authorities can take account of all views and information in the decision as to whether or not the imposition of measures is in the Community interest, the importers and their representative associations, representative users and representative consumer organisations may, within the time limits specified in the notice of initiation of the investigation, make themselves known and provide information to the Commission.

In order to provide a sound basis on which the authorities can take account of all views and information in the decision as to whether or not the imposition of measures is in the Community interest, the complainants, importers and their representative associations, representative users and representative consumer organizations may, within the time limits specified in the notice of initiation of the countervailing duty investigation, make themselves known and provide information to the Commission.

The complainants, the government of the country of origin and/or export, importers and exporters and their representative associations, users and consumer organizations, which have made themselves known in accordance with Article 10 (14), may, upon written request, inspect all information made available to the Commission by any party to an investigation, as distinct from internal documents prepared by the authorities of the Community or its Member States, which is relevant to the presentation of their cases and is not confidential within the meaning of Article 29, and that it is used in the investigation.

consumers and associations thereof,