The ANEC webinar on Fundamental Rights & AI Act Standards shared great insights today on how standards can safeguard consumers in an AI era! Check out our page and download the webinar's presentation. tinyurl.com/2y3xfatk We thank the European AI & Society Fund for making this webinar possible.

📢 The ANEC Domestic Appliances WG meets today in Berlin! Experts are discussing the safety of #electrical & #gas #appliances, #machinery, and other #household #products under the #GPSR. 🙏 Thanks to our hosts at the DIN Consumer Council. Raising #standards for #consumers for 30 years.

📢 Join our webinar with @cen-cenelec.bsky.social & @ecos.ngo to mark #WorldStandardsDay! Aligned with this year's topic: #SDG17, we’ll explore #inclusive #standardisation, stakeholder participation, and case studies from ANEC & ECOS. 📅 9 Oct 2025 | ⏲️ 13:30–14:30 🔗 tinyurl.com/454vzjs2

✨ We were delighted to host today’s event “Standardisation and Consumer Representation in Lithuania”. Keynotes, case studies on #cybersecurity & #financial #services & the e-learning course highlighted why #consumer voices matter– from Lithuania to the EU. #Standards #SocietalStakeholders #Lithuania

🚨 New ANEC Factsheet on the Consumer Agenda 2025–2030 A unique chance to reset EU #consumer #policy: 🛡️ Safety first ⚖️ Better enforcement 🌱 Fair #digital & #sustainable transitions 👥 Protect #vulnerable groups 🔊 Strong #consumer voice in #standards 📑 Read 👉 tinyurl.com/yc8rpye5

📢 Join our webinar with @cen-cenelec.bsky.social & @ecos.ngo to mark #WorldStandardsDay! Aligned with this year's topic: #SDG17, we’ll explore #inclusive #standardisation, stakeholder participation, and case studies from ANEC & ECOS. 📅 9 Oct 2025 | ⏲️ 13:30–14:30 🔗 tinyurl.com/39f53z7r

ANEC welcomes EC proposals to align #product laws with the digital age. In our latest position paper, we set out key priorities for protecting #consumers: keeping #safety info online & offline, broader stakeholder input & moving CE marking to #digital tools. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/bdum9pv9

ANEC welcomes the EC’s Call for Evidence on revising the New Legislative Framework (#NLF) and has submitted its reply. Priorities: #cybersecurity & #AI safety, stronger checks, clearer CE/DPP info, #CircularEconomy, and empowering #consumers in #standardisation. 👉 tinyurl.com/53kc7zae

📢 Deadline Extended! Great news => applications for the EU Product Safety Award 2025 are now open until 15 September 2025. Don’t miss your chance to spotlight your innovation in consumer safety! 🏆 Learn more and apply today: ec.europa.eu/safety-gate/...

ANEC has shared its position on the Consumer Agenda 2025–2030 & the Single Market Action Plan. We call for stronger safety, fair digital transition, sustainable consumption, protection of vulnerable consumers & support for a stronger #consumer voice in #standardisation. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/muhsecd8

📅 From 1 August 2025, new EU harmonised #cybersecurity #standards will apply to connected #digital products. 📘 ANEC’s Factsheet explains what they cover, how they affect #consumers, and why further improvement is still needed. 👉 Read the Factsheet: tinyurl.com/pmf6j4e9

Most #consumers expect washing machines to last- crucial for them & the #environment! A new #standard sets the basis to help make these appliances more durable thanks to a dedicated method to test them. More via @ecos.ngo & #reaLIFEstandards 👇 tinyurl.com/3taajs2x @ec.europa.eu #CINEA #LIFEProgram

We strongly oppose any delay or rollback of the #AIAct. Simplification ≠ deregulation. EU's approach to technology and innovation must continue to be rooted in fundamental rights, consumer protection, safety and trust. 👉 Civil society & academia speak up 📄Read our joint letter tinyurl.com/2hdt49u6

ANEC is delighted to present today at the #AccessibleEU European event “Hi, European Accessibility Act… Let’s Rock Accessibility!”, bringing the #consumer voice into the spotlight during Panel 6: … when we are calling for more #accessibility in public #procurement processes?

📣 ANEC Factsheet: European Accessibility Act: What's New for Consumers? On the occasion of the 28 June 2025 European #Accessibility Act (#EAA) compliance deadline, we are resharing our Factsheet to help #consumers understand what the #EAA means for them. 📄 Download here: tinyurl.com/5bc69uc2

@tacd-consumers.bsky.social, a coalition of leading consumer organisations from the EU (including @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social), US and UK, releases landmark report uncovering serious gaps in product safety enforcement on major online marketplaces. 📄 tinyurl.com/4d4mjrzc ⬇️ See ANEC’s statement

🎤 ANEC is delighted to speak at today’s joint webinar with #AccessibleEU on #standards underpinning the #EAA, focusing on the #consumer’s view and key challenges ahead of its application date. Raising #standards for #consumers.

📣 New Factsheet from ANEC: European #Accessibility Act: What’s New for #Consumers? ✅ What is the EAA? 📱 Products & services covered 📚 #Standards update 🎯 ANEC's #standardisation work under the #EAA 📄 Download: lnkd.in/ehnG_WY7 #EAA #Inclusion #EqualAccess #DigitalInclusion

📢 Join us & #AccessibleEU for a webinar on the #European #Accessibility #Act! 🗓 20 June 2025, 10:30–11:30 CEST 🎯 Focus: Standards supporting the EAA after 28 June 2025 🎙 Speakers: Chiara Giovannini (ANEC), Fernando Machicado (UNE) ♿ Captioning & Int’l Sign available 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/y8kz9pvm

CEN and CENELEC Director General @elenacencenelec.bsky.social Elena Santiago Cid joined ANEC's celebrations and its important conversation on how standards can continue to safeguard European values and empower consumers in a changing world. #TrustStandards #ANEC30 @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social

It is a pleasure to be in Brussels to celebrate ANEC's @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social 30th anniversary. 3 decades of making sure #consumers are heard in #European #standardisation!

For 3 decades, ANEC has been raising the levels of safety, user-friendliness and quality of products and services. Without their work towards high-level standards, consumers would not enjoy the same protection as they do today. Here is to many more years of great work. Happy anniversary ANEC!

🎉ANEC turns3️⃣0️⃣! #ANEC30 3 decades of making sure #consumers are heard in #European #standardisation. 💬We’re honoured to share 30 Testimonials from key partners & stakeholders who have walked this journey with us: tinyurl.com/3zj2uj43 📘Explore our ANEC Annual Review 2024–2025: tinyurl.com/3sfmx7je

We’re delighted to welcome Anna Cavazzini MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s #IMCO Committee, as a keynote speaker at #ANEC ! Her leadership in #consumer protection and the internal market makes her contribution especially relevant as we mark 30 years of consumer voice in #standardisation.

📢 We're seeking a 🌱 #Sustainability expert to support EU work on the #DigitalProductPassport (#DPP) and #consumer representation in #standardisation. This is a contracted expert role under the EU-funded #LIFE programme. 📅 Apply by 16 June 2025 🔗 Full Call & how to apply: tinyurl.com/y4j5zrht

🧵 Tired of fast fashion and throwaway tech? #Ecodesign is evolving to cover more products than ever - making #sustainability the norm, not the exception: @beuc.eu @ecos.ngo @raisingstandardseu.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/yxba2rhr

📣 ANEC and Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung (KAN) - the German Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization - have signed a Letter of Intent to strengthen collaboration in #standardisation in pursuit of greater #consumer and #worker protection.

We are delighted to present the #consumer voice at today's @BSI_UK #Standards Conference 'Protecting #Consumers in the Age of #AI' during the session 'AI for All? A global perspective on a global challenge', held as part of the @isostandards #COPOLCO plenary week 👇

We are delighted to be at the European #ConsumerSummit to discuss the future #consumer policy with Commissioner McGrath.

Hello #BlueSky! We’re ANEC – the collective voice of Europe’s consumers in standardisation. From safer appliances to an accessible environment; from better child seats in vehicles to postal services, we help shape the #standards that affect your life. #Standardisation #ConsumerProtection