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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

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