Consumers: EU invests in building independent consumer magazines and websites in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia

Consumers in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia now have access to consumer magazines and websites, which provide independent, comparative testing of consumer products, following a three-year EU project co-financed by the European Commission. The final results of the programme, including a sample of 5 product studies and up-to-date circulation figures for the magazines were published today in Brussels. Over a three year period, the EU programme co-financed a total of 18 comparative tests, for use by consumer organisations, on a wide range of everyday products - from washing machines, to digital cameras, mobile phones, vacuum cleaners, child restraints, washing detergents, sun-tan lotions portable music players and TV sets. The aim of the EU programme is to provide finance, training and expertise to build the capacity of consumer organisations in testing products and publishing the results in consumer magazines.

European Commission: MEMO/09/371: Questions and Answers on the promotion of independent consumer product testing http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/371&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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