As part of the information campaign on consumers rights, a number of young people were distributing fact sheets to shoppers in Sliema over the past weeks. The fact sheets were distributed to consumers shopping in the main streets of Sliema and will be distributed again, this time in Valletta, tomorrow, Saturday 8th December. The fact sheets are printed in Maltese and are also available

Consumer House in South Street Valletta, the Forum Malta fl-Ewropa in Republic Street, the European Commission Representation in Ta’ Xbiex, the Consumer and Competition Division in St Venera, the European Parliament Office in Valletta and the Europe Direct offices in Floriana. They provide information on various topics that are of interest to consumers such as on rights when buying goods, rights when travelling, rights when shopping on-line and rights when buying on credit.

Personality Ray Calleja, who is the face of the European Commission’s consumers’ rights campaign in Malta, is visually displayed in the branding of the fact sheets. The European Commission’s campaign on consumers’ rights is an objective and entertaining campaign that seeks to educate and inform the public about their consumer rights as EU citizens and seeks to encourage consumers to assert these rights.

An electronic version of the fact sheets, available in both Maltese and English, can be downloaded from the information campaign web pages within the website of the Consumers’ Association on www.camalta.org.

Also as part of the consumers’ rights information campaign, the European Commission has also issued an informative publication in Maltese and English. It is currently being distributed door to door to 150,000 households in Malta and Gozo. The booklet provides a mine of information to help consumers learn about their rights when shopping.

Early next year, the European Commission will also be publishing and distributing to all businesses, a booklet that will focus on the obligations of the business community towards consumers.