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The European Commission has fined multinational food company Mondelēz €337.5 million for hindering cross-border trade in chocolate products like Milka and Toblerone, Oreo biscuits and Jacobs coffee throughout the EU’s Single Market. According to the Commission, for several years Mondelēz took measures to prevent traders from buying and selling Mondelēz products in other EU countries to maintain higher prices, harming consumers. These measures prevented suppliers from making full use of the Single Market.
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Consumer groups from the BEUC network have today filed complaints with authorities against booming Chinese online marketplace Temu for failing to protect consumers and for using manipulative practices which are illegal under recent EU legislation.
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Italian owners of Volkswagen cars fitted with defeat devices will finally get compensation. This is the outcome of a settlement agreed between BEUC’s Italian member Altroconsumo and Volkswagen, in the Italian Dieselgate case initiated in 2015. Volkswagen agreed to compensate 60,000 consumers for a total amount of €50 million.
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Today, the network of EU consumer protection authorities has announced that many airlines operating in the EU have misled consumers about the sustainability of their activities. They call on companies to abide by the rules. This announcement is a follow-up to the complaint the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) launched in June 2023 together with member organisations from 19 countries.
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