European Union Committee
Brexit: will consumers be protected?
9th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 19 December 2017 - HL Paper 51
Contents
Box 1: EU’s powers to legislate for consumer protection
Chapter 2: The EU’s consumer protection acquis and the UK
Box 2: Examples of general EU consumer protection legislation
Box 3: Examples of sector specific EU consumer protection law
UK’s role in shaping EU consumer protection acquis
Chapter 3: Significant areas of the acquis
Three important aspects of the acquis
Box 5: The Rapid Alert System (RAPEX)
The Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation
Box 6: The Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation 2006/2004
Box 7: Example of the CMA’s pan-European cooperation on consumer protection
Box 8: European product standardisation bodies
Relationships with regulatory agencies
Chapter 4: The Government’s approach to consumer protection and Brexit
Government engagement with stakeholders
The utility of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Box 9: Legislating for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union: Consumer Protection
Box 10: The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Minister’s response to the risk of a reduction in the UK’s consumer protection standards
Minister’s response to the loss of reciprocal cross-border cooperation mechanisms
Pressure on national regulators
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/brexit-consumer-protection-rights and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.