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Are EU consumers empowered?
Margareta Theelen – Deputy Head of Unit, SANCO B1
Brussels – 31/8/2011
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Why?
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What?
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Main issuesPerceived confidenceConsumer skillsConsumer awarenessConsumer behaviourWillingness to take action and detriment
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Perceived confidence
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Perceived confidence73% feels confident63% feels knowledgeable55% feels protected
as consumers
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Perceived confidence
Confidence decreases with age and increases with educationUnemployed and house persons feel least protected Internet users feel more confident
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Consumer skills
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Consumer skills - numericalCorrect answers: EU27
45%
34%
15%
6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
3 2 1 0
3 correct answers
Top MSs: NL (74%), DK, SE, DE (>60%) Bottom: RO(15%), PT, ES, IT, LV, MT (<40%)
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Consumer skills – labels & logos
Labels
58% is able to interpret nutritional information
fat content in 100gr of a product
82% is able to read the best before date
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Consumer skills - logosfamiliarity meaning
16% 34%
66% 25%
17% 12%
55% 50%
64% 63%
ALL - 2%
33% the product is made in the EU
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Consumer awareness
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Consumer awarenessAwareness of consumer rights tested in:
unfair commercial practicescooling off periodsguarantee periods
Awareness increases with educationLowest awareness among students, house persons, retired
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Consumer awareness
2% answered correctly to all the questions4% do not give any correct answerTop MSs: DE (7%), FI (4%)
8% in NO
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Consumer behaviour
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Consumer behaviourEU consumers…
shop for 3.2h/weekread (at least partially) terms and conditions buying a service contract (77%)bought something on Internet in the past (52%)
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Consumer behaviour
know at least one consumer organisation (49%)show interest in programmes on consumer issues (64%) talk about their consumer experienceand are more likely to pass on positive experience (61%) than negative one (50%)
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Detriment21% encountered (at least) one problem in the past year
63%
19% 18%
0%
25%
50%
75%
1 2 >2
Average loss/problem: 374€Total detriment suffered: 0.4% of EU GDP
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Willingness to take action
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Willingness to take actionAbout 7 in 10 think that they would make a complaint……and about the same percentage actually made onemanagers (79%) and white collars (75%) are more likely to react students (67%) and retired (68%) the least willing to take action
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Willingness to take action
Threshold for:going to court – 1 000€ for 58%going to ADR – 500€ for 52%
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Reasons for NOT taking actionSatisfactory reply from retailer (44%)
But alsoSums involved too smallUnlikely to get satisfactory results Thought it would take too long Too much effort Not sure about my rights Didn’t know how to do
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Consumer Empowerment Index
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Follow-upCommission Staff Working Document with a detailed analysis of the results ConsultationCommission CommunicationUse at national level
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More information:http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumer_empowerment/index_en.htm
Thank you for your attention!