International consumer organizations •
Consumers International - International NGO •
ANEC (Europe; focus on standardization) •
BEUC (Europe; ) •
ICRT The only independent international organization for consumer research and testing
National organizations Australia •
Consumers' Federation of Australia •
Australian Consumers Association Botswana •
Consumer Watchdog Canada •
Consumers' Association of Canada •
Consumers Council of Canada •
Option consommateurs Fiji •
Consumer Council of Fiji •
Fiji Consumers Association France • Association de défense d'éducation et d'information du consommateur (ADEIC) • Association Contre les Abus des Banques Européennes (ACABE) • Association Force ouvrière des consommateurs (AFOC) • Association Léo-Lagrange de défense du consommateur (ALLDC) • Confédération générale du logement (CGL) • Confédération nationale du logement (CNL) • Association pour l'information et la défense des consommateurs salariés (Indecosa-CGT) • Confédération nationale des associations familiales catholiques (CNAFC) • Conseil national des associations familiales laïques (CNAFAL) • Confédération syndicale des familles (CSF) • Consommation Logement Cadre de vie (CLCV) • Familles de France (FF) • Familles rurales (FR) • Fédération nationale des associations d'usagers des transports (FNAUT) • Union fédérale des consommateurs - Que choisir (UFC-Que Choisir) • Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF)
Germany •
Stiftung Warentest •
Deutscher Konsumentenbund •
Foodwatch •
Hong Kong •
Consumer Council India •
Consumer Guidance Society of India Ireland •
Consumers' Association of Ireland • The
National Consumer Agency (NCA) is a statutory body that defends consumer interests in the
Republic of Ireland Israel •
המועצה הישראלית לצרכנות (Consumer Council Israel)
Japan •
Consumers Union of Japan (founded in 1969) •
Japan Offspring Fund (founded in 1984)
Netherlands • The
Consumentenbond (founded in 1953), over 600,000 members. Aside from this general consumer organisation, the Netherlands is home to many categorical consumer organisations whose working terrain is limited to a certain part of the markets. Examples of categorical organisations include: • The Vereniging Eigen Huis ("Own House Association", for house owners; over 650,000 members) • The Vereniging Consument & Geldzaken ("Consumer & Monetary Affairs Association", for financial consumers, of banking and insurance products; 32,000 members) • The Woonbond ("League for Living", for renters) Finally, there is a business regulation agency, charged with competition oversight, sector-specific regulation of several sectors, and enforcement of consumer protection laws: • The
Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets Singapore • Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is a statutory board to oversight consumer protection and anti-competition malpractices (e.g.
price fixing,
bid rigging, market sharing and production control) in markets. • Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) is a
NGO that promotes consumer interests and fair trading.
Switzerland The Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations is the
umbrella organisation of the three
Swiss consumer organisations (the Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz (SKS) of German-speaking Switzerland, the Fédération romande des consommateurs (FRC) of French-speaking Switzerland and the Associazione consumatrici e consumatori della Svizzera italiana (ACSI) of Italian-speaking Switzerland).
United Kingdom '' is the most influential UK consumers association. In the United Kingdom, the
Enterprise Act 2002 allows consumer bodies that have been approved by the
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be designated as "super-complainants" to the
Competition and Markets Authority. These
super-complainants are intended to, "strengthen the voice of consumers," who are "unlikely to have access individually to the kind of information necessary to judge whether markets are failing for them." Eight have been designated : •
CAMRA, a lobbying group concerned with the tradition and quality of beer • The
Citizens Advice Bureau, a free service that provides legal advice, practical help and information on consumer rights across the country •
Consumer Council for Water (formerly known as Watervoice) •
Consumer Direct (abolished per 31 March 2012 with its functions being passed to local trading standards departments and Citizens Advice Bureau) •
Consumer Focus (formerly
National Consumer Council). The Government announced as part of the October 2010 spending review that Consumer Focus will be abolished, with the Consumer Direct helpline taken over by Citizens Advice. Some of Consumer Focus' functions would transfer to
Citizens Advice Bureaux,
Citizens Advice Scotland and the
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland following the
Public Bodies Act 2011 and any necessary secondary legislation. The transfer is expected to begin April 2013 and be complete by April 2014. •
General Consumer Council of Northern Ireland •
Good Garage Scheme, an
automobile repair shop motoring scheme •
Postwatch •
Which? (formerly the Consumers Association), a consumer advocacy organisation which has substantial powers (for example to take representative actions under the
Competition Act 1998) but which is primarily a lobbying organisation funded entirely by subscriptions to its regular consumer information magazine
United States was founded in 1936. •
Alliance for Justice •
Better Business Bureau •
Consumer Action •
Consumers' Checkbook •
Consumer Federation of California •
Consumers Union, publishers of
Consumer Reports •
Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights •
FlyersRights.org •
Funeral Consumers Alliance •
Public Citizen •
Consumer Federation of America •
Center for Science in the Public Interest (food/nutrition) •
National Consumers League • U.S.
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