The gullible consumer in EU food law

TY - GEN

T1 - The gullible consumer in EU food law

AU - Edinger, Wieke Willemijn Huizing

PY - 2013/8/29

Y1 - 2013/8/29

N2 - EU consumers are free to choose how they live their lives and what they eat. This right of consumer autonomy can be seen as the passive counterpart of the market access rights that are at the very heart of European integration (Micklitz et al., 2009: 48). Although the free movement of goods essentially addresses the 'active market participant' (Micklitz et al., 2009: 9), its effective functioning depends to a large extent on whether consumers actively engage in cross-border trade. Therefore, the internal market concept simultaneously presupposes that consumers have access and are at liberty to choose between what is at offer.

AB - EU consumers are free to choose how they live their lives and what they eat. This right of consumer autonomy can be seen as the passive counterpart of the market access rights that are at the very heart of European integration (Micklitz et al., 2009: 48). Although the free movement of goods essentially addresses the 'active market participant' (Micklitz et al., 2009: 9), its effective functioning depends to a large extent on whether consumers actively engage in cross-border trade. Therefore, the internal market concept simultaneously presupposes that consumers have access and are at liberty to choose between what is at offer.

M3 - Article in proceedings

SN - 978-90-8686-231-3

SP - 135

EP - 140

BT - The ethics of consumption

A2 - Röcklinsberg, Helena

A2 - Sandin, Per

PB - Wageningen Academic Publishers

CY - Wageningen

T2 - EurSafe 2013

Y2 - 11 September 2013 through 14 September 2013

ER -