UNI / Italy

Contact person

Mr. Ruggero Lensi
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Consumer representation on policy and governance committees:

Committee	Representative(s)
CNCU (Consiglio Nazionale Consumatori Utenti - Italian Board of Consumers and Us

 

Consumer representation on international and regional technical committees of priority interest for consumers:

Child-related products (child restraints, child resistant packaging, children's furniture)
ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles	1 representative,ACI (Automobil Club d'Italia )
ISO/TC 122, Packaging	1 representative, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

Food safety
ISO/TC 34, Food products	1 representative, Ministero Polit.Agricole - Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

Accessibility issues (elderly and persons with disabilities)
ISO/TC 159, Ergonomics	1 rep, ACU (Assoc. Consumatori Utenti)- CGIL (Conf. Gen. Italiana del Lavoro)
ISO/TC 173, Assistive products for persons with disability	1 representative, Associazione Disabili Visivi

Customer satisfaction and global market (protection of personal data, e-commerce, management systems)
ISO/TC 240, Project Committee: Product recall	1 representative, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

Social responsibility
ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility	1 representative, INAIL - CGIL - ISPESL - Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

Second-hand goods
ISO/TC 245, Project Committee: Cross-border trade of second-hand goods	1 representative, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico

Image safety
ISO/TC 159/SC 4, Ergonomics of human-system interaction	1 representative, ACU (Associazione Consumatori Utenti)

 

Tools to support consumer participation in policy and technical work:

• Logistical support

 

Information on consumer-oriented standards, legislation and related issues:

• Web sites
  A section is devoted to major consumer-oriented issues
  

• Articles (journal, magazine)
  Many articles published in our own review
  

• Information brochures
  on safety of bicycles, safety of ski equipment, helmets