The following witnesses gave evidence. Those
marked * gave oral evidence.
| Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Verbraucherverbände, Germany
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| * | Association of Manufacturers of Domestic and Electrical Appliances (AMDEA)
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| * | Professor Hugh Beale†
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| British Furniture Manufacturers' Federation (BFM)
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| British Gas Trading
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| British Hardware Federation
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| * | The British Radio & Electronic Equipment Manufacturers' Association (BREMA)
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| British Shops and Stores Association
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| * | British Retail Consortium
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| Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC)
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| Comitato Difesa Consumatori, Italy
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| * | Confederation of British Industry
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| * | Consumers' Association
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| * | Consumers in Europe Group
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| Danish Consumer Ombudsman
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| * | Department of Trade and Industry
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| Professor Aubrey Diamond QC
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| Direct Marketing Association
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| * | The Director General of Fair Trading
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| Electricity Association
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| EUROCOMMERCE
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| * | European Commission, DG XXIV
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| Federation of Small Businesses
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| The Finance & Leasing Association
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| Professor Michael Furmston
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| * | General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
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| Professor Roy Goode QC
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| * | Geraint Howells†
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| * | John Lewis Partnership
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| LACOTS, the local authorities coordinating body on food and trading standards
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| The Law Society
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| The Law Society of Scotland
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| Mail Order Traders' Association
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| * | National Consumer Council
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| Ofwat National Customer Council (ONCC)
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| Panasonic UK
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| The Personal Computer Association
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| Professor Francis Reynolds QC
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| W H Thomas, Solicitor
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| David Travers, Member of the Law Reform Committee, General Council of the Bar
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| Professor Sir Guenter Treitel
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| Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations of Europe (UNICE)
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† Professor
Hugh Beale and Mr Geraint Howells made a joint written submission.
