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Today, the European Commission adopted a proposal to upgrade the 'ECRIS' tool to improve further the rules on the exchange of criminal records of non-EU citizens in the EU.
Today, the European Commission is participating in the International Human Rights Conference, which is taking place in Madrid as part of World Pride 2017. Irena Moozova, Director for Equality and Union Citizenship, will represent the European Commission at the conference. This is a sign of the Commission's constant commitment to combatting the discrimination of LGBTI people in the EU.
Today, new EU rules to fight money laundering and terrorist financing start to apply across Europe. They substantially strengthen the existing rules.
This study investigates five peer-to-peer (P2P) platform markets and identifies the main issues for peer consumers and peer providers from the perspective of consumer policy. Online P2P transactions via platforms present both benefits and challenges for consumers. Policy makers need better understanding of how consumer interests play out on platforms so they can promote a responsible development of these markets.
Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity has no place in our society, but for many people in Europe, it is a daily reality.
Protecting consumers against significant personal detriment is a matter of fairness and helps improve overall market functioning. This study set out to improve the quality and consistency of assessing personal consumer detriment by developing a simple, cost-effective state-of-the-art methodology to identify, measure and quantify incidence and magnitude of detriment.