In June 2010 the SPD-Fraction called upon the Federal Government in a motion to “Strengthen a modern consumer related consumer research” and to “Evaluate the impact of regulations on consumers” (BT-Drs. 17/2343).
On Wednesday, 19th of January 2011, the Committee for Consumer Protection in the German Bundestag organized a public hearing on the topic of the motion. The following experts were invited:
- Gerd Billen, Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Fasel
- Kornelia Hagen
- PD Dr. Wolfram Lamping
- Prof. Dr. Lucia A. Reisch
- Prof. Dr. Jutta Roosen, TU München
- Andreas Zahn
Position papers of the experts are published in the Internet at: http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/ausschuesse17/a10/anhoerungen/__A_19_1_2011_Moderne_verbraucherbezogene_Forschung_ausbauen/Stellungnahmen/index.html. Furthermore, a summary of the hearing can be found at: http://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/2011_01/2011_020/02.html
Further information: dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/023/1702343.pdf and http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/ausschuesse17/a10/anhoerungen/__A_19_1_2011_Moderne_verbraucherbezogene_Forschung_ausbauen/TO_28__Sitzung_am_19_1_2011_-___A.pdf
Source: Deutscher Bundestag