Seminar Programme
"Maximum Harmonisation:
Consumer Detriment or Consumer Benefit"
Friday, 31 October 2003
Salle Mont des Arts
European Economic and Social Committee, Rue Ravenstein 2, B-1000 Brussels
08.30-09.00 - Registration
09.00-09.10 - Welcoming addresses
EURO COOP Vice-President Ms Anne Santamäki
EESC Section III President Ms Anne-Marie Sigmund
09.10-09.30 - Keynote speech
Mr Giuseppe Abbamonte - DG SanCo, European Commission
09.30-11.00 - Round Table I: Services of General Interest
Moderator : Mr Bernardo Hernández Bataller - EESC Member
Mr Rodrigo Gouveia - Portuguese Consumer Co-operatives (Fenacoop)
Mr Stéphane Desselas - ISUPE
11.00-12.30 - Round Table II: Consumer Credit
Moderator : Mr Umberto Burani - EESC Member
Mr Félix Martín Galicia - Spanish Consumer Co-operatives (Hispacoop)
Mr Jens Ring - DG SANCO, European Commission
Mr Wilfried Wilms - European Banking Federation
12.30-1400 - Lunch
14.00-15.15 - Round Table III: Unfair Commercial Practices & Codes of Conduct
Moderator : Mr Jim Murray - BEUC
Ms Birgit Schwarz Poulsen - Danish Consumer Co-operatives (FDB)
Mr Carlos Almaraz - UNICE
Ms Jennifer Long - DG SanCo, European Commission
15.15-15.30 - Conclusions & Closing Remarks
EURO COOP Secretary General Dónal Walshe
 With the support of The European Commission
DG Health and Consumer Protection
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EURO COOP is the European Community of Consumer Co-operatives. Our primary objectives include representing to the EU institutions the interests of consumer co-operatives and their 20million consumer-members across 14 european countries.
For further information, contact:
Euro COOP Secretariat
Tel.: +32.(0)2.285.00.70 - Fax: +32.(0)2.231.07.57
E-mail: info@eurocoop.coop
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