A new opinion released by the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on behalf of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality stresses the need for greater enforcement of laws protecting women from inequality in the workplace as well as the improvement of working conditions for precarious workers in the EU, the majority of whom are women. Direct selling offers honest and sustainable income earning opportunities and thus contributes positively to the endeavours of the EU and EP to improve the situation for precarious workers by creating quality alternatives.

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On 4 May, the European Commission published its draft guidelines on horizontal cooperation and draft block exemptions on R&D and specialisation agreements, which will replace the existing guidelines and regulations as of 1 January 2011.   

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DSE submits second position paper on proposed Consumer Rights Directive

12 January 2010

Direct Selling Europe (DSE) continues to support any initiative that stimulates confidence in the European Internal Market by increasing consumer protection without overburdening businesses, by solving the legal fragmentation problem and by removing regulatory gaps and inconsistencies in Community consumer law.

16 November 2009

The European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) commissioned 2 studies in relation to the proposed Consumer Rights Directive. The studies were presented and discussed in the JURI Committee during its 10 November meeting.