EU producers ' own choice of sales channels raises consumer concerns

March 22 News, according to foreign media reports, the EU manufacturers can choose their own sales channels of the draft caused some consumers worried about online shopping, a group of consumer groups to Brussels, asked EU officials not to ban online retail sites.

Six national consumer associations wrote to EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia, saying that "any program that restricts access to the Internet and fixed new prices is extremely risky and directly damaging to consumers." "These associations come from EU countries such as Britain, Italy and Germany.

"We want the European Commission to examine every detail carefully, and the Commission must show that consumers can really benefit from the restrictions on so-called vertical agreements," the consumer groups wrote in the letter. "At the same time, consumer groups are concerned that regulation will protect against" new brands "or" New markets ", which can lead to price protection.

Slovenia signed the letter with the local consumer organization in the Netherlands.