Translation of "risques pour le consommateur " (French → English) :

consumer protection [ consumerism | consumer policy action plan | consumers' rights ]

consumer's risk

short-term consumer risk

consumer risk

serious and immediate risk to the health and safety of consumers

European Consumer Centres Network [ Consumer Information Office | ECC-Net | EEJ-Net | euroguichet-consommateurs | European consumer information agency | European Extra-Judicial Network ]

consumer to consumer transactions (1) | consumer to consumer (2) [ C2C | C to C ]

consumer movement [ consumer association | consumer organisation | Consumer associations(ECLAS) ]

consumer's surplus [ consumer surplus ]

Union des consommateurs [ Consumer Action Network | Federation of Co-operative Family Economics Associations of Québec | Fédération nationale des associations de consommateurs du Québec ]

Once we have assessments of low-risk products, I think consumers are saying they don't think these products should be held to the same standard of efficacy that high-risk drugs are held to, and maybe on a low-risk product, especially if we want to keep the cost affordable for consumers, a disclaimer that says “Health Canada is not vouching for the efficacy of this product” may be an appropriate compromise.

4. Calls for supervisory authorities to closely monitor the funding and liquidity risks resulting from foreign currency lending, to take action to prevent excessive risks and to require financial institutions to have effective pricing, capital allocation and liquidity management systems to deal with foreign currency lending and to take account of the consumer’s ability to withstand fluctuations in the exchange rate when assessing the consumer’s creditworthiness; calls for Member States to require financial institutions to allow consu ...[+++]mers to convert the loan into an alternative currency, in accordance with a transparent method disclosed to the consumer in pre-contractual information, and for financial institutions to provide a foreign exchange hedging facility at reasonable cost to consumers to limit the risk of adverse currency movement on repayments;

(Return tabled) Question No. 845 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to children’s health and the environment: (a) what action has the government undertaken to integrate children’s environmental health into existing public health programs; (b) what specific action is the government undertaking to advocate for the consideration and assessment of hazardous environmental influences on children’s health and development, (i) in Canada, (ii) internationally; (c) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise the political profile of children’s environmental health, (i) locally, (ii) regionally, (iii) nationally; (d) in relation to its contaminated sites, (i) what specific action is the government undertaking to raise awareness about ch ...[+++]ildren’s environmental health, (ii) what are all contaminated sites where action has been taken to raise awareness, (iii) what was the risk; (iv) what was the action taken; (e) what are all government activities focused on children’s environmental health; (f) what are all existing government activities focused on prevention of environmental exposures aimed at protecting children's health; (g) what governmental action has been undertaken to prevent (i) pre-conception, prenatal, and childhood exposures, (ii) air, consumer products, food, soil/dust, water, and other physical environmental exposures, (iii) biological, chemical, and physical hazards; (h) how has the government taken children's vulnerabilities into account in developing environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards; (i) what targeted environmental and health policies, regulations, and standards have already been put in place to protect children's health, and what policies, regulations, and standards are currently under consideration; (j) what action is being undertaken by the government to measure the extent to which pregnant women and their babies are exposed to common environmental chemicals, and what health risks, if any, are associated with th ...

33. Emphasises that, while calling for Community law on retail financial services, always to aim for very high standards of consumer protection, all market operators - including consumers and investors - need to be fully aware of the basic financial market principle that any opportunity for a higher return is reflected by a higher risk, and that risk is an indispensable element of any functioning financial market; stresses, further, that a good compromise between a high level of consumer protection and flawlessly functioning internal market mechanisms should be sought; takes the view that the Commission should encourage national initia ...[+++]tives which impart an understanding of finance, in order to ensure an accurate grasp of the 'risk-return' principle and the specific characteristics of financial instruments;