Consumer Policy, Consumer Protection Authorities

About Publications & Documents Information by Country

• Department of the Treasury
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
• Consumers Online

Austria

• Consumer Protection Directorate
• Bundesministerium für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen

• Ministère des Affaires éconmiques

• Industry Canada
• Office de la protection du consommateur
• Canadian Consumer Information Gateway

Czech Republic

• Ministry of Industry and Trade

• National Consumer Agency of Denmark

• Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General

• Finnish Consumer Agency and Ombudsman

France

• Direction générale de la Concurrence

• Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

• General Inspectorate for Consumer Protection

• Department of the Taoiseach
• Department of Enterprise

Italy

• Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

• Cabinet Office
• Economic and Social Research Institute
• Quality of Life Policy

• Korea Consumer Protection Board
• Ministry of Finance and Economy
• Fair Trade Commission

• Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor - PROFECO)
• Ministry of the Economy

• Ministry of Economic Affairs

New Zealand

• Ministry of Consumer Affairs
• New Zealand Model Code for Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce

Norway

• Consumer Ombudsman
• ODIN - Norway Online
• SIFO -- National Institute for Consumer Research

• Office for Competition and Consumer Protection

Portugal

• National Institute of Consumers (Instituto do Consumidor)

• Ministry of Economy

Spain

• Instituto Nacional del Consumo

Sweden

• Ministry of Justice
• National Consumer Agency

Switzerland

• Bureau fédéral de la consommation

• Ministry for Commerce and Industry

• Office of Fair Trading
• Department of Trade and Industry

United States

• Federal Trade Commission
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission
• US Consumer Gateway