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EU: EP Report on Consumer Protection
The European Parliament has adopted a controversial report on consumer protection which calls for additional responsibility from manufacturers of defective products. Adopting the Roth-Behrendt report on farmers’ liability, MEPs voted in favour of amendments which call into question a number of EU principles over producer liability. Speaking on behalf of the Commission, Mario Monti said that there was a need for further study of the issue and that it should be placed in a broader context. He therefore called for more consultation through a Commission Green Paper which would be published before 1 January 2000.
