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The Consumer Council is a special committee of the managing board of the Austrian Standards Institute. It was established in 1991 to represent the consumer interests in the field of standardisation and is financed by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection. |
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| Chairman: | Hannes
Spitalsky former Director of the Austrian Association for Consumer Information |
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| Secretary: | Franz Fiala | |
| Assistant: | Ulli Matzek | |
| Members: | Association
for Consumer Information Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth Federal Chamber of Labour The Austrian Trade Union Federation Austrian National Council of Disabled Persons Austrian Road Safety Board - Department of Home, Leisure & Sports |
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| Address: | Austrian
Standards Institute CONSUMER COUNCIL Heinestraße 38 1021 Wien |
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| Telefon: | 0043 1 21300 711 | |
| Fax: | 0043 1 21300 328 | |
| E-Mail: | franz.fiala@as-institute.at | |
| Webseite: | http://www.verbraucherrat.at | |
| The Consumer Council is intensively involved in the work of ANEC, the European consumer representation in standardisation. Franz Fiala is vice-president and chairman of its environment and nanotechnology working groups. | ||