Translation of "gouvernement à consommateur " (French → English) :

14. Notes that technical simplification is essential for consumers and that to this end, having regard to the work of the Working Group Report on ‘Transparency in EU Retail Energy Markets’, the same price components should be present in the offer, the contract and the bill, and the presentation of this data should be aligned; believes that in order to make consumers more proactive in the management of energy consumption, they need to be made aware of ways to control consumption, as well as possibilities for energy savings, and energy efficiency and small-scale production; agrees with the Working Group Report in that comparison tools an ...[+++]d websites can be a good tool for consumers, if run in an independent, transparent and trustworthy manner; recommends the Commission and the Member States to rollout price comparison websites and consumer-friendly information campaigns, in which local and regional governments should take an active role; welcomes the idea of verifying the accuracy and objectivity of price comparison tools by means of an on-line trust mark; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of such a trust mark for comparison tools and websites at EU level;

Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Anti-fraud and Audit, Algirdas Šemeta said: “Contraband and counterfeit products cheat everyone: governments, consumers and legitimate businesses.

These funds, which would also be available to channel the support of other donors, could include institutional support to ensure that the capacity to implement the EPAs is there: private sector competitiveness – from access to finance to industrial retooling, to improving SPS standards; and helping out financially in those countries which face a fiscal challenge with the lowering of tariff barriers as revenues are shifted from governments to consumers.

1. Stresses that the objective of educating and raising the awareness of consumers as regards finance and credit is to improve consumers' awareness of economic and financial realities with a view to understanding economic commitments and avoiding unnecessary risk, excessive debt and financial exclusion; considers that training and the provision of information should allow consumers to take an independent approach, based on their own judgement, to the financial products that are offered to them or that they are considering using; calls on the governments of Member ...[+++] States and local authorities to adopt and coordinate with financial institutions, other stakeholders, the media, education and assessment professionals and consumer organisations measures and initiatives to raise financial literacy of citizens; calls on the Commission to submit a European programme for financial education;

G2C is government to consumer, government secure channel.

Past governments, this government, consumers and political parties have all participated in the debate.