Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint No 2003/4297
Date: 2003-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, commercial contract, complaint to the Commission, consumer protection, national implementing measure, real estate credit

C 268/28

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.11.2003

Acknowledgement of receipt of complaint No 2003/4297

(2003/C 268/10)

The European Commission has registered a complaint under No 2003/4297 about the transposition
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in Germany of Directive 85/577/EEC to protect the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from
business premises, particularly in the area of secured-credit agreements.

It has received over a hundred copies of this complaint, so, in order to ensure a rapid response and
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the European Union and on the

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to keep those concerned informed while making economical use of its administrative resources,
publishing this acknowledgement of receipt in the Official
Internet at the following address:

Journal of

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sg1/receipt/index_en.htm

The complaint will be examined by the Commission in the light of the applicable Community
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legislation. The complainants will be kept informed, by the same means, of the results of this examination
and of any follow-up action that the Commission may decide to take.

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The Commission will endeavour to take a decision on the substance of the case (opening of
infringement proceedings or closing of the case without further action) within twelve months from the
date of registration of the complaint in its Secretariat-General.

Should the Commission need to contact the authorities of the Member State against which the
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complaint is directed,
it will do so without mentioning the identity of the complainants in order to
protect their rights. The complainants may, however, authorise the Commission to reveal their identity
in any contacts with the authorities of the Member State against which the complaint is directed.

New composition of the European Consumer Consultative Group

(2003/C 268/11)

The European Consumer Consultative Group was set up by Commission Decision 2003/709/EC of 9 October
2003 (1)

By Decision of 30 October 2003, the Commission appointed the following as members and alternates of
the Group for a period of three years:

Members

Alternates

Mr Serge MAUCQ (B)
Ms Benedicte FEDERSPIEL (DK)
Ms Anne-Lore KÖHNE (D)
Mr Ioannis SIDIROPOULOS (GR)
Mr Juan AGUADO URKIOLA (E)
Ms Reine-Claude MADER (F)
Mr Dermott JEWELL (IRL)
Ms Anna BARTOLINI (I)
Mr Mario CASTEGNARO (L)
Mr Klaske de JONGE (NL)
Mr Harald GLATZ (A)
Mr Vítor Manuel MONTEIRO TRAVASSOS (P)
Ms Sinikka TURUNEN (FIN)
Mr Jens HENRIKSSON (S)
Ms Sheila McKECHNIE (UK)
Mr Daniel TOURNEZ (AEC)
Ms Gottlobe FABISCH (ANEC)
Mr Jim MURRAY (BEUC)

(1) OJ L 258, 10.10.2003, p. 35.

Mr René KALFA (B)
Mr Villy DYHR (DK)
Mr Carl-Heinz MORITZ (D)
Mr Fotios VAGENAS (GR)
Mr Eugenio RIBON SEISDEDOS (E)
Mr Daniel FOUNDOULIS (F)
Mr Michael KILCOYNE (IRL)
Mr Paolo MARTINELLO (I)
Mr Bob SCHMITZ (L)
Mr Wibo KOOLE (NL)
Ms Claudia FEICHTINGER (A)
Mr Jorge Manuel MORGADO FERNANDES (P)
Ms Maili MUSTONEN (FIN)
Mr Bengt INGERSTAM (S)
Ms Susan KNOX (UK)
Ms Pia VALOTA (AEC)
Ms Claudia SEYBOLD (ANEC)
Ms Willemien BAX (BEUC)