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=== National organizations === ====Australia==== * [[Consumers' Federation of Australia]] * [[Australian Consumers Association]] ====Botswana==== * [[Consumer Watchdog (Botswana)|Consumer Watchdog]] ====Canada==== * [[Consumers' Association of Canada]] * [[Consumers Council of Canada]] * [[Option consommateurs]] ====Fiji==== * [[Consumer council of Fiji|Consumer Council of Fiji]] * [[Fiji Consumers Association]] ====France==== * Association de défense d'éducation et d'information du consommateur (ADEIC) * Association Contre les Abus des Banques Européennes (ACABE) * Association Force ouvrière des consommateurs (AFOC) * Association Léo-Lagrange de défense du consommateur (ALLDC) * Confédération générale du logement (CGL) * Confédération nationale du logement (CNL) * Association pour l'information et la défense des consommateurs salariés (Indecosa-CGT) * Confédération nationale des associations familiales catholiques (CNAFC) * Conseil national des associations familiales laïques (CNAFAL) * Confédération syndicale des familles (CSF) * Consommation Logement Cadre de vie (CLCV) * Familles de France (FF) * Familles rurales (FR) * Fédération nationale des associations d'usagers des transports (FNAUT) * Union fédérale des consommateurs - Que choisir (UFC-Que Choisir) * Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF) ====Germany==== * [[Stiftung Warentest]] * [[Deutscher Konsumentenbund]] * [[Foodwatch]] * {{ill|Verbraucherzentrale|de}} ==== Hong Kong ==== * [[Consumer Council (Hong Kong)|Consumer Council]] ====India==== * [[Consumer Guidance Society of India]] ====Ireland==== * [[Consumers' Association of Ireland]] * The [[National Consumer Agency]] (NCA) is a statutory body that defends consumer interests in the [[Republic of Ireland]] ==== Israel ==== * [[:he:המועצה הישראלית לצרכנות|המועצה הישראלית לצרכנות]] (Consumer Council Israel) ====Japan==== * [[Consumers Union of Japan]] (founded in 1969) * [[Japan Offspring Fund]] (founded in 1984) ====Netherlands==== [[File:Consumentenbond.Logo.png|thumb|Logo of the [[Consumentenbond]]]] * The [[Consumentenbond]] (founded in 1953), over 600,000 members. Aside from this general consumer organisation, the Netherlands is home to many categorical consumer organisations whose working terrain is limited to a certain part of the markets. Examples of categorical organisations include: * The Vereniging Eigen Huis ("Own House Association", for house owners; over 650,000 members) * The Vereniging Consument & Geldzaken ("Consumer & Monetary Affairs Association", for financial consumers, of banking and insurance products; 32,000 members) * The Woonbond ("League for Living", for renters) Finally, there is a business regulation agency, charged with competition oversight, sector-specific regulation of several sectors, and enforcement of consumer protection laws: * The [[Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets]] ====Singapore==== * Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is a statutory board to oversight consumer protection and anti-competition malpractices (e.g. [[price fixing]], [[bid rigging]], market sharing and production control) in markets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2023 |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.cccs.gov.sg/about-cccs |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Competition and Consumer Commission Association of Singapore |language=en}}</ref> * Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) is a [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] that promotes consumer interests and fair trading.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.case.org.sg/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Consumer Association of Singapore |language=en-US}}</ref> ==== Switzerland ==== {{Main|Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations}} [[File:Logo Allianz der Konsumentenschutz-Organisationen.jpg|thumb|The Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations]] The Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations is the [[umbrella organisation]] of the three [[Switzerland|Swiss]] consumer organisations (the Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz (SKS) of German-speaking Switzerland, the Fédération romande des consommateurs (FRC) of French-speaking Switzerland and the Associazione consumatrici e consumatori della Svizzera italiana (ACSI) of Italian-speaking Switzerland).<ref>[http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/ernaehrung_bewegung/05245/07232/13432/index.html?lang=en "Alliance of Consumer Organisations: United Together for the Consumers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114002815/http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/ernaehrung_bewegung/05245/07232/13432/index.html?lang=en |date=2016-11-14 }}, [[Federal Office of Public Health]] (page visited on 13 November 2016).</ref> ====United Kingdom==== {{Main|Consumer protection in the United Kingdom}} [[File:Which.Logo.png|thumb|200px|''[[Which?]]'' is the most influential UK consumers association.]] In the United Kingdom, the [[Enterprise Act 2002]] allows consumer bodies that have been approved by the [[Secretary of State for Trade and Industry]] to be designated as "super-complainants" to the [[Competition and Markets Authority]]. These [[super-complainant]]s are intended to, "strengthen the voice of consumers," who are "unlikely to have access individually to the kind of information necessary to judge whether markets are failing for them." Eight have been designated {{As of|2007|lc=on}}:<ref>[http://www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/enforcement/super-complaints/page17902.html Super-Complaints - BERR<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205111733/http://www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/enforcement/super-complaints/page17902.html |date=2007-02-05 }}</ref> * [[Campaign For Real Ale|CAMRA]], a lobbying group concerned with the tradition and quality of beer * The [[Citizens Advice Bureau]], a free service that provides legal advice, practical help and information on consumer rights across the country * [[Consumer Council for Water]] (formerly known as Watervoice) * [[Consumer Direct]] (abolished per 31 March 2012 with its functions being passed to local trading standards departments and Citizens Advice Bureau) * [[Consumer Focus]] (formerly [[National Consumer Council]]). The Government announced as part of the October 2010 spending review that Consumer Focus will be abolished, with the Consumer Direct helpline taken over by Citizens Advice. Some of Consumer Focus' functions would transfer to [[Citizens Advice Bureau]]x, [[Citizens Advice Scotland]] and the [[General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland]] following the [[Public Bodies Act 2011]] and any necessary secondary legislation. The transfer is expected to begin April 2013 and be complete by April 2014. * [[General Consumer Council of Northern Ireland]] * [[Good Garage Scheme]], an [[automobile repair shop]] motoring scheme * [[Postwatch]] * ''[[Which?]]'' (formerly the Consumers Association), a consumer advocacy organisation which has substantial powers (for example to take representative actions under the [[Competition Act 1998]]) but which is primarily a lobbying organisation funded entirely by subscriptions to its regular consumer information magazine ====United States==== [[File:Consumers Union wordmark.svg|thumb|The [[Consumers Union]] was founded in 1936.]] * [[Alliance for Justice]] * [[Better Business Bureau]] * [[Consumer Action]] * [[Consumer Federation of California]] * [[Consumers Union]], publishers of ''[[Consumer Reports]]'' * [[Consumer Watchdog]], formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights * [[FlyersRights.org]] * [[Public Citizen]] * [[Consumer Federation of America]] * [[Center for Science in the Public Interest]] (food/nutrition) * [[National Consumers League]] * U.S. [[Public Interest Research Group]] * [https://sites.google.com/clarifiedconsumer.com/clarifiedconsumerllc CLARIFIED CONSUMER LLC] (Consumer Right Advocacy)
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