IMSN Contacts

Last updated : 19/Feb/1998

Country Name Organisation Address Working Language Telephone Number Fax Number E-mail / Internet
Australia Allan Asher Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Benjamin Offices,
Chan Street,
Belconnen ACT 2616,
AUSTRALIA		 English 00 61 6 2642838 00 61 6 2642226 [email protected]

http://www:accc.gov.au
Austria Josef Ladstaetter Federal Chancellory Buro fur Konsumentenfragen Radetzkystrasse 2,
A-1031 Wien,
AUSTRIA		 English 00 43 1 711 72 4727 00
43 1 711 72 4775		 00 43 1 715 5831 [email protected]
Belgium Fernand Van Gansbeke
(main contact)		 Chief Inspector Administration for Economic Inspection W.T.C. III - bur. 09.051,
30 Boulevard Simon Bolivarlaan,
B-1000 Brussels,
BELGIUM		 French
English		 00 32 2 2083917 00 32 2 2083915 [email protected]
Michel Lefebvre Inspecteur Principal Administration de l�Inspection Economique W.T.C. III - bur. 09.051,
30 Boulevard Simon Bolivarlaan,
B-1000 Brussels,
BELGIUM		 French 00 32 2 2083955 00 32 2 2083915 [email protected]
Canada Nicole Ladouceur Industry Canada Assistant Deputy Director of Investigation and Research Division "B" Marketing Practices Branch Compeition Bureau
50 Victoria Street,
Hull,
Quebec,
K1A 0C9CANADA 		French
English		 00 1 819 997 1705 00 1 819 994 2240 [email protected]
Tom Wright Deputy Director Industry Canada
Investigation and Research
Division "B" Marketing
Practices Branch
Competition Bureau 50
Victoria Street, Hull,
Quebec, KIA 0C9
CANADA		 French
English
 00 1 819 997 1705 00 1 819 994 2240 [email protected]
Czech Republic Petr Stepan Ministerstvo Prumyslu a Obchodu Ceske Republiky Na Frantisku 32
110 15 Praha 1
CZECH REPUBLIC		 English 00 420 2 2485 2516 00 420 2 2485 2295  
Denmark Hagen Jorgensen
(main contact)		 Consumer Ombudsman of Denmark Amagerfaelledvej 56,
2300 Kobenhavn S.,
DENMARK		 English 00 45 31 570100 00 45 32 960232 [email protected]
http://www.fs.dk
Kim Sparlund Danish National Consumer Agency Amagerfaelledvej 56,
2300 Kobenhavn S,
Denmark		 English 00 45 31 570100 00 45 32 960232 [email protected]
http://www.fs.dk
European Commission Mario Tenrerio DGXXIV Office B232,5/31,
Unit C2,
Rue de la Loi 200,
B-1049 Brussels,
BELGIUM 		English 00 32 2 2951367 00 32 2 2959490  
Finland Erik Mickwitz
(main contact)		 Consumer Ombudsman POB 306, FIN-00531,
Kaikutato 3, Helsinki,
FINLAND		 English 00 358 9 77267800 00 358 9 7530357 http://www.kuluttaja.asiamies.fi
Anja Peltonen Consumer Ombudsman�s Office PB306, SF-00531,
Kaikutato 3, Helsinki,
FINLAND		 English 00 358 9 77267804 00 358 9 7530357 http://www.laso.fi
France Brigitte LeTavernier DGCCRF Bureau C1, droit de la consommation, teledic 051, 59 Boulevard Vincent Auriol,
Teledoc 061, Bureau G2,
75703 PARIS, CEDEX 13
FRANCE		 French 00 33 1 44 972532 00 33 1 44973366  
Germany Friedrich Bultmann
(main contact)

Maren Geisler
(alternative contact)		 Director Verbraucherschutzverein
Lutzom Str. 33-36
D-10785 Berlin
GERMANY		 English 00 49 30 25 49 070 00 49 30 25 49 0726  
Max Weist   Ministry of Economics
Villemomblen Strasse 76
D53123 Bonn
GERMANY		 English 00 49 228 6154552
6154551		 00 49 228 6154919  
Greece Dimitra Kyriakopoulou Ministry of Development Secretariat General of Consumer Protection,
Cocuniugs Square,
10881 Athens,
GREECE		 English 00 30 1 3841773 00 30 1 3842642  
Hungary Mr. Andras Gyarmati
(main contact)		 Head of the Bureau
Deputy State Secretary		 1088 Budapest, Josef krt 6, HUNGARY English 00 36 1 1183752 00 36 1 2100741  
Dr. Katalin Gasztonyi Weglarz Bureau of Consumer Affairs   English 00 36 1 118 3752 00 36 1 2100741  
Ireland Mr. William P. Fagan
(main contact)		 Director of Consumer Affairs 4/5 Harcourt Road
Dublin 2
IRELAND		 English 00 353 1 4025523 00 353 1 4025501 [email protected]
Ms. Brid O�Connor Assistant Director Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs,
4/5 Harcourt Road,
Dublin 2,
IRELAND		 English 00 353 1 4025534 00 353 1 4025501 [email protected]
Italy Dr. Gianfranco Nitti Ministry of Industry Via Molise 2
00187 Roma
ITALY		 English 00 39 6 47052156 00 39 6 47887973  
Japan Mr. Hasegawa
(main contact)		 Deputy Director
First Consumers� Affairs Division		 Economic Planning Agency
Government of Japan
3-1 1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 100-8970
JAPAN		 English 00 81 3 3581 9095 00 81 3 3581 0879  
Mr. Hiroshi Yamada First Secretary
Japanese Delegation to OECD		 11 avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
FRANCE		 English 00 33 1 53766180 00 33 1 45630544 [email protected]
Korea
Republic of		 Mr. Wan-Kyu Chung Deputy Director
Consumer Protection
Policy Division		 Fair Trade Commission
Chungang-dong #1,
Kwachon-shi,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA		 English 00 82 2 504-4162 0082 2 504-9496  
Mr.Sung-Jin Kang International
Co-operation Team		 Korea Consumer
Protection Board 300-4, Yomgok-Don
Seocho-Ku
Seoul 137-700
REPUBLIC OF KOREA		 English 00 82 2 3460 3095 00 82 2 575 7055 [email protected]
Luxembourg Bernadette Friederici Carabin Ministere des Classes Moyennes 6 Avenue Emile Reuter,
BP535, L2937
LUXEMBOURG		 French 00 352 4784713 00 352 4784740  
Malta Mr. Joseph Schembei Acting Director
Department of Consumer Affairs		 3A, Old Mint Street
Valetta (MR02)
MALTA		 English 00 356 249695 00 356 240052  
Mexico Osvaldo Tello Ministry of Trade Underministry of Domestic Trade,
Alfonso Reqes No. 30 4� Piso,
Colonia Hipodromo,
Condesa,
CP 06179 Mexico DF,
MEXICO		 English 00 52 5 7299219 005257299227 [email protected]
Miguel Angel Sanchez Director for Consumer Protection Policy Blvd. Adolfo Lopez Mateos
No.3025 Piso 11
Col.Heroes de Padjerna
Mexico.D.F. 10700
MEXICO		 English 00 52 5 629 95 14 00 52 5 6299306 [email protected]
Netherlands Marie-Angele Weesing-Vierhout Ministry of Economic Affairs Bezuidenhoutseweg 30,
Postbus 20101,
2500 EC Den Haag,
THE NETHERLANDS		 English 0031 70 379 80 34 0031 70 379 71 70 [email protected]
New Zealand Mr. Keith Manch Head and General Manager
Ministry of Commerce Building		 8th Floor
33 Bowen Street
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND		 English 00 64 4 4742905 00 64 4 4739400 [email protected]
Norway Torfinn Bjarkoy
(main contact)		 Consumer Ombudsman POBOX 8173 Dep,
N-0034 Oslo,
NORWAY		 English 00 47 67599600 00 47 67582061  
Trine Corneliussen Forbrukerombudet POBOX 8173 Dep,
N-0034 Oslo,
NORWAY		 English 00 47 67 59 96 00 00 47 67 58 20 61 [email protected]
OECD Erich Linke Competition and Consumer Policy Division OECD
2 rue Andre Pascal
75775 Paris
FRANCE		 English 00 33 1 45249109 00 33 1 45 24 85 00  
Elizabeth Lynch 00 33 1 45249143 00 33 1 45 24 85 00 [email protected]
Poland Ewa Soliwoda
(main contact)		 Office for Competition and Consumer Protection Department of European Interpretion and Foreign Relations,
Plac. Powstancow Warzawy 1,
00-950 Warszawa,
POLAND		 English 00 48 22 8261435 00 48 22 8261435  
Jaroslaw Szelag Office for Competition and Consumer Protection Plac Powstancow Warszawy 1,
00-950 Warszawa,
POLAND		 English 00 48 22 826 9041 00 48 22 826 5305 [email protected]
Portugal Manuel Lucas Estevao
(main contact)		 Instituto Do Consumidor Praca Duque Desaldanha 31,
1050 Lisboa,
PORTUGAL		 French
English		 00 351 1 3561104 00 351 1 3142410 [email protected]
Joaquim Antonio Carrapico Instituto Do Consumidor Praca Duque Desaldanha 31,
1050 Lisboa,
PORTUGAL		 French
English		 00 351 1 3561104 00 351 1 3142410  
Slovaquie Mrs Eva Szabova Ministerstovo Hospodarstva Mirova 17
Bratislava,
SLOWAKEI
SLOVAK REPUBLIC		 English      
Spain Mrs. Sara Alvarez Rodriguez Instituto Naconal del Consumo Principe de Vergara 54
E-28006 Madrid
SPAIN		 English 00 34 1 43 12 040 00 34 1 57 63 927  
Sweden Axel Edling Consumer Ombudsman Swedish Consumer Agency,
S-118 87 Stockholm,
SWEDEN		 English 00 46 8 4290510 00 46 8 4290530  
Switzerland Guido Sutter Office Federal de L�industrie,
des Arts et Metiers et du Travail		 Gurtengasse 3,
CH-3003 Berne,
SWITZERLAND		 English
French		 41 31 322 28 14 41 31 324 86 00 http://www.biga.admin.ch
[email protected]
U.K. Caroline Banks   Consumer Affairs Division
Office of Fair Trading
15-25 Bream�s Buildings
London EC4A 1PR
ENGLAND		 English 00 44 171 2118000 00 44171 2118926  
Yvonne Helsby   International Lisison Section
Office of Fair Trading
15-25 Bream�s Building
London EC4A 1PR
ENGLAND		 English 00 44 171 2118000 00 44 171 2118926  
Peter Mason Director Consumer Safety
Trading Standards
Department of Trade & Industry
Room 4H10
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H OET
ENGLAND		 English 00 44 171 2150355 00 44 171 2150355 [email protected]
U.S.A. John Rothchild Federal Trade Commission 6th Street &
Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC
20580
U.S.A.		 English 001 202 326 3307 001 202 326 3395 [email protected]

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