The legislation is inadequate in a large number of areas. There is therefore a need for an organisation which watches developments closely and which can react on behalf of the consumers when things take a wrong turning.
For more than 60 years the Danish Consumer Council's mission has been to help the Danish consumers, and in the course of time our independence has caused us to be the influential and effective consumer organisation in Denmark. We use the influence on an ongoing basis to effect changes.
The Danish Consumer Council takes the initiative to bring up issues - whether it comes to entering into voluntary agreements with the business community, taking cases to court or pushing legislation on the political scene.
Consumer policy The Danish Consumer Council's members include a number of national organisations representing a large proportion of the Danish population. The daily work is performed by a secretariat of about 50 people with very different backgrounds, e.g. lawyers, economists and food experts. They possess the core expertise needed to function as equal players vis-à-vis government, public authorities and the business community.
We are also part of strong, international co-operation. As a member of the Executive Board of the European Consumers' Organisation BEUC we contribute to putting pressure on the EU decision-makers to take into account the consumer interests.
We play an equally important part in the global consumer work via Consumers International where we advance consumer interests in the UN, WHO and WTO.
The consumer magazine Tænk is the leading consumer magazine in Denmark. The magazine often sets the agenda in the daily debate, whether the subject is food labelling, financial services, toys, allergy or slimming pills.
Tænk also always contains a series of tests of various products. So whether you are about to invest in a child restraint seat, roller skates or a washing machine, it pays to examine the market in Tænk first. Tænk comes out 10 times a year.
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Postbox 2188
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1017 København K
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Telefon 77 41 77 41
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Telefax 77 41 77 42
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E-mail fbr@fbr.dk
