Why your laptop costs €2.05 extra in Portugal: a case study in regulatory overreach Portugal charges €4 per terabyte of storage as copyright compensation, adding €2.05 to MacBook purchases. A case study in regulatory failure.

Why your laptop costs €2.05 extra in Portugal: a case study in regulatory overreach

#CopyrightLaw #Portugal #ConsumerPolicy #AusNews

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What does the future of 🇪🇺 #ConsumerPolicy look like?

@CCIAeurope has 4 key suggestions for the @EU_Commission’s upcoming #ConsumerAgenda 2025-2030:

1️⃣ Guarantee effective and coordinated #enforcement
2️⃣ Advance regulatory #simplification and legal coherence

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The EU Commission has launched a consultation on the Consumer Agenda 2025–2030 and an Action Plan for Consumers in the Single Market. Stakeholders can share their views until 11 August 2025.

Find out more here: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

#Consultation #ConsumerPolicy #SingleMarket

Trump Takes Aim at Efficiency Standards for Dishwashers and Washing Machines An executive order signed Friday may weaken requirements for water and energy efficiency.

Trump Takes Aim at Efficiency Standards for Dishwashers and Washing Machines #Technology #Business #Other #EfficiencyStandards #HomeAppliances #ConsumerPolicy

“Ensuring fair, sustainable & inclusive digital markets for developing countries requires stronger cooperation on consumer policy. UNCTAD will continue its collaboration with the OECD.”

UNCTAD deputy chief Pedro Manuel Moreno at OECD’s #ConsumerPolicy Ministerial Meeting. oe.cd/consumer24