Arabey, E.S. Specialized bodies of the European Union in the sphere of customer protection

Abstract: The article “Specialized bodies of the European Union in the sphere of customer protection” is devoted to the analysis of the activities of the institutions and bodies of the European Union in the sphere of customer protection. In this article the author analyzes the activities of the institutions of the European Union: the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council, which are aimed at the implementation of the competence of the European Union in the sphere of customer protection. Within each of these institutions, the author singles out the structural divisions, which are responsible for the implementation of competence of the EU in the sphere of customer protection, analyzing their legal status and the range of their competence. The author also includes brief analysis of the activities of institutions and bodies of the European Union within the framework of comitology. In addition to the activities of the institutions and their structural divisions the article includes analysis of the bodies of the European Union bodies: ECOSOC, the European Food Safety Authority. The author provides analysis of the activities of the EU bodies and institutions, implementing the competence of the EU in the sphere of consumer protection. Finally, the author draws a conclusion on the presence of the developed system of institutions and bodies implementing the competence of the European Union in the sphere of customer protection and on the combination of legislative norms regulating activities and institutions of the EU in the sphere of customer protection.

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