The European Commission has today proposed to update civil liability rules for products and services to make them fit for purpose in the digital era. BEUC has repeatedly called for their modernisation, and for a clear and enforceable legal framework, given that products are increasingly digitalised, complex, opaque and when powered with AI, can take autonomous decisions.

The European Commission has proposed new rules for the cybersecurity of connected products which would substantially improve the worrying situation today. This proposal answers a longstanding need that the BEUC network identified and warned about repeatedly.

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) welcomes the EU General Court’s 14 September 2022 ruling on the Google Android case. The General Court largely upheld the European Commission’s 2018 decision that Google broke EU antitrust rules by imposing illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators to cement its dominant position in general internet search.