is the European Community of Consumer Co-operatives, whose members are the national organisations of consumer co-operatives in 17 European countries.
Created in 1957, Euro Coop today represents over 3,200 local and regional co-operatives, the members of which amount to more than 25 million consumers across Europe.
Consumer Co-operatives are enterprises owned by consumers, acting mainly in food retail. Their overall turnover amounts to more than €70 billion, with 30,000 points of sale and 300,000 employees.
Its Secretariat is based in Brussels.
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Environmental Policy
Brussels, 14th July 2010 - Euro Coop, the European Community of Consumer Co-operatives, wishes to reiterate its concerns over the European Commission’s (EC) proposals to let EU member states decide on GMO appr
Environmental Policy
Brussels, 9th July 2010 - Euro Coop, the European Community of Consumer Co-operatives, wishes to express concerns over the European Commission’s (EC) plans to reintroduce the subsidiarity clause for GMO approval. It con
Environmental Policy
Brussels - 08 July 2010 -
A shared vision for sustainable european fisheries
One of today’s great challenges in crafting a sustainable EU food policy is to ensure there
General policy Issues
Brussels, 28th June 2010 – Euro Coop, the European Community of Consumer Cooperatives, elected its new President for the two-year period 2011-2012. The elected President is the Italian Aldo Soldi, alread
Conference
Barcelona 17-18 June 2010 -
Conference on Members' participation organised by Euro Coop and Hispacoop.
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