| Regional Consumer Law Conference, Malta, 16-17 March 2006 LIBOR DUPAL, Chairman, the Czech Consumer Association |
In the year 2004 the Czech Consumer Association (CCA) developed and launched consumer campaign called “Read before you sign!”, warning, informing and educating consumers to be aware, cautious and vigilant before they conclude any consumer contract - particularly when signing up for credits, financial loans, mortgage etc. In the frame of this campaign CCA have issued booklets and newspapers, which we prepared exclusively for this event. We organized a seminar in the Czech Parliament and others in various regions. Awareness raising spots were broadcasted on TV and radios and advertisements were published in newspapers. The integral part of the preparation for the campaign was analysis of the situation on the market of consumer credit, loans, mortgage etc. in the Czech Republic. In this paper we would like to give short information about this campaign. During the campaign CCA gained some experience in the area of financial services. It helped us to adopt some opinions and attitudes towards the proposals prepared by the European Commission concerning consumer credit. The summary of our views is presented in the part 3 of this paper. The following 4 parts are the basic structure of this paper:
0. WHO ARE WE?
1. ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
2. CAMPAIGN ON CONSUMER CREDIT (AND OTHER LOANS)
3. NEW CONSUMER CREDIT DIRECTIVE – LOOKING FOR THE POSITION OF THE CZECH CONSUMER ASSOCIATION
4. CONCLUSIONS, SUMMARY |
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21/03/06 |
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