Before consumers enter into a loan, they need to understand its real cost and take the time to reflect, especially on the monthly repayment.

Consumer Classroom is a community website for teachers of 12-18 year old students. The website brings together an extensive library of consumer education resources from across the EU, along with interactive and collaborative tools to help prepare and share lessons with students and other teachers.

From 2 April 2013, the website is available in Polish language version: www.consumerclassroom.eu/pl

Only 35 % of Europeans shopping online trust the sellers from other EU countries – The European Commission published the results of the 2013 Consumer Conditions Scoreboard.

We have just started tweeting! ECC Poland joined a wide group of ECC-Net centers which communicate directly with consumers through social media @ECCPoland

EP Internal Market Committee (IMCO) adopted a proposal for a new directive on tourist trips. Until now as the basis for the protection of tourists in the EU was directive used from 1990, which does not include, i.a., sales of services via the Internet.

The European Parliament amended the text to ban “roaming” charges (extra fees for using a mobile phone to call, send text messages or access the internet in another EU country) anywhere in the EU as of 15 December 2015. If roaming services are abused, however, capped charges could exceptionally be imposed, MEPs say.

Europejskie Centrum Konsumenckie zaprasza na wykład prowadzony przez ECK w Europe Direct Warszawa pt.: „Zakupy przez internet w świetle nowych przepisów – co zyskają konsumenci?„. Spotkanie odbędzie się 17 czerwca (wtorek) o godz. 12.00.

A consumer has bought form the German online shop sandals. Although during the winter she kept them in the right way, under appropriate conditions, the shoes got destroyed. Leather straps around the shoe came off. The consumer consulted this defect with a shoemaker who indicated that the repair is basically impossible, and above all very expensive due to the fact that the defect is the result of poor technology of production.

The consumer from the Netherlands wanted to buy the game on the website of Polish company. For this purpose created an account on the portal of entrepreneur, paid money on the account and ordered the game. The seller did not deliver the ordered good, however due to consumer complaint promised to return the money. Weeks passed and the consumer has not received the refund.

Please, note that due to the server crash, from 01.13.2015 r. until further notice, the European Consumer Centre in Poland, does not have access to its electronic mail. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Technologia cyfrowa stała się częścią życia codziennego. Od nauki przez oglądanie filmów po internetowe zakupy i sprzedaż czy kontakty z przyjaciółmi, organami publicznymi, a nawet lekarzem – internet jest skarbnicą cyfrowych możliwości. Każdego dnia obywatele i przedsiębiorstwa w UE napotykają jednak liczne bariery – od blokady regionalnej bądź niewydolności dostaw przesyłek po niepołączone usługi elektroniczne. Zasięg usług cyfrowych pozostaje także często zawężony do granic jednego państwa. Komisja Europejska pod przewodnictwem Jeana-Claude’a Junckera uznała za swój priorytet usunięcie tych przeszkód i stworzenie jednolitego rynku cyfrowego.

Polski konsument zakupił smartfon w sklepie internetowym niemieckiego sprzedawcy. Dostarczony towar okazał się wadliwy. Sprzedawca obiecał wymienić telefon na nowy. Po kilku tygodniach oczekiwania na przesyłkę, zmartwiony konsument skontaktował się z przedsiębiorcą.