Asociatia Nationala pentru Protectia Consumatorilor si Promovarea Programelor si Strategiilor din Romania

Sorin Mierlea
Str. Muzelor, Nr. 1, Sector 4
Bucharest 1030031
Romania
Tel: +40 31 402 26 32
Fax: +40 31 402 26 32
e-mail: reclamatii@consumers-protection.ro or office@anpcppsr.ro
www: www.consumers-protection.ro

History

N.A.C.P.P.P.S. Romania started the activity in 2003 to comply with consumers´ needs in Romania. Since then it carries on an uninterrupted activity and it gained national and international recognition, becoming member of different organisations, consultative commissions of state´s authorities, working groups and partner in national and international programs.

Main act

From N.A.C.P.P.P.S. Romania´s activities, we mention:
•Setting up Consumers´ Information and Consultancy Centers in all counties and carrying on continuous activities in the area of consumers´ education and information
•Active involvement in the fight against counterfeits
•Founding Member of the first Federation of consumers´ protection organisations from Romania
•Accreditation at the Romanian Parliament - Chamber of Deputies for the works of the Specialized Boards
•Setting up the first master course in the area of consumers´ protection in cooperation with Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance from Bucharest University
•Initiation of the introduction of consumers´ protection classes in schools
•Development of several campaigns of education and information in the period of Romania´s accession to the EU; these campaigns were carried on by broadcasting clips on most national televisions and radios, by dissemination of written materials and by organizing events at national, regional and zonal level
•Gathering national and international organisations and institutions under the aegis of the concept "Consumers´ Protection - For A New Attitude"
•Supporting the publication of specialized works

Cp projects

Ms. Gabriela Tudor

Intenational projects

- Consumer Organisations and General Interest Functions: for a citizen´s evaluation of national regulatory authorities (2006-2008)
- Dolceta - Development of Online Consumer Education Tools for Adults
- Information to the citizens of the European Union on the access to Justice in controversies derived from civil contracts

Mission statement

- promotion of a vision on consumers´ protection understood as a complex social and economic phenomenon that means the systemic integration of consumers´ interest in all domains relevant of the European Union;
- combination between the individual and associative self- protection, the safest and the more efficient way but less expensive and the direct or indirect protection made by every Member State, respectively at the community level;
- unitary application of the community acquis in the area of consumers protection;