The Legal Framework of the Consumer Associations in the Romanian Consumer Law

<p>This study is an analysis of the main legalaspects related to the activity of consumerassociations, seen as promoters of collectiveinterests of their members, in the RomanianConsumer Law. As a social partner of the publicadministration’ organisms, these associations playthree kinds of roles...

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Main Author: Juanita GOICOVICI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 2009-06-01
Series:Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences
Online Access:https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/204
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description <p>This study is an analysis of the main legalaspects related to the activity of consumerassociations, seen as promoters of collectiveinterests of their members, in the RomanianConsumer Law. As a social partner of the publicadministration’ organisms, these associations playthree kinds of roles: (1) representing the consumersin the organisms of public administration;(2) informing and advising their members inquestions related to the purchase of products orthe supply of services; (3) taking legal actionsin order to obtain the protection of a collectiveinterest of consumers or the cessation of a illegalcommercial practice. This article also stresses theimportance of non governmental organizations ofconsumers’ right to be consulted by the PublicAdministration’ representatives, in the process ofelaborating legal norms and procedures relatedto consumers’ protection. The non governmentalorganizations of consumers are entitled to betreated as social partners, while representing theirmembers in the specialized organisms, at a nationalor local level, in which the Public Administrationauthorities are represented.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-578607a0af6140dd8132bbff91d35db52024-03-14T07:28:35ZengBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-NapocaTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452009-06-015266269220The Legal Framework of the Consumer Associations in the Romanian Consumer LawJuanita GOICOVICI0Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania<p>This study is an analysis of the main legalaspects related to the activity of consumerassociations, seen as promoters of collectiveinterests of their members, in the RomanianConsumer Law. As a social partner of the publicadministration’ organisms, these associations playthree kinds of roles: (1) representing the consumersin the organisms of public administration;(2) informing and advising their members inquestions related to the purchase of products orthe supply of services; (3) taking legal actionsin order to obtain the protection of a collectiveinterest of consumers or the cessation of a illegalcommercial practice. This article also stresses theimportance of non governmental organizations ofconsumers’ right to be consulted by the PublicAdministration’ representatives, in the process ofelaborating legal norms and procedures relatedto consumers’ protection. The non governmentalorganizations of consumers are entitled to betreated as social partners, while representing theirmembers in the specialized organisms, at a nationalor local level, in which the Public Administrationauthorities are represented.</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/204
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