Last updated : 4 November 1999
| Country | Name/ Working Language |
Organisation | Address | Telephone
Number\ Fax Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Allan Asher (English) |
Deputy Chairman | Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission PO Box 1199 Dickson ACT 2602 AUSTRALIA |
00 61 2 6243 1138 00 61 2 6243 1122 (fax) |
| Carl Buik (English) |
Director Consumer Protection |
Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission PO Box 1199 Dickson ACT 2602 AUSTRALIA |
00 61 2 6243 1066 00 61 2 6243 1072 (fax) |
|
| Janet Murphy (English) |
General Manager | Consumer Affairs Division The Treasury Parkes Place PARKES ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA |
00 61 2 6263 3992 00 61 2 6263 3969 (fax) |
|
| Austria | Maria Reiffenstein main contact (English) |
Federal Chancellery Buro fur Konsumentenfragen | Radetzkystrasse 2 A-1031 Wien AUSTRIA |
00 43 1 711 72 4754 00 43 1 715 5831 (fax) |
| Romy Wuntschek | Federal Chancellery Buro fur Konsumentenfragen | Radetzkystrasse 2 A-1031 Wien AUSTRIA |
00 43 1 711 72 4758 00 43 1 715 5831 (fax) |
|
| Belgium | Fernand Van Gansbeke (French, English) |
Administration for Economic Inspection | W.T.C. III Simon Bolivarlaan, 30 B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM |
00 32 2 2083917 00 32 2 2083915 (fax) |
| Canada | Johanne D'Auray (French, English) |
Deputy Commissioner of Competition | Industry Canada Fair Business Practices Branch Competition Bureau 50 Victoria Street Hull, Qu�bec CANADA K1A 0C9 |
00 1 819 997 1231 00 1 819 953 4792 (fax) |
| Nicole Ladouceur (French, English) |
Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition | Industry Canada Fair Business Practices Branch Competition Bureau 50 Victoria Street Hull, Qu�bec CANADA K1A 0C9 |
00 1 819 997 1705 00 1 819 994 2240 (fax) |
|
| Czech Republic | Petr Stepan (English) |
Ministerstvo Prumyslu a Obchodu Ceske Republiky | Na Frantisku 32 110 15 Praha 1 CZECH REPUBLIC |
00 420 2 2485 2516 00 420 2 2485 2295 (fax) |
| Denmark | Hagen Jorgensen main contact (English) |
Consumer Ombudsman of Denmark | Amagerfaelledvej 56, 2300 Kobenhavn S., DENMARK |
00 45 32 570100 00 45 32 960232 (fax) |
| Kim Sparlund (English) |
Danish National Consumer Agency | Amagerfaelledvej 56, 2300 Kobenhavn S, DENMARK |
00 45 32 570100 00 45 32 960232 (fax) |
|
| European Commission |
Mario Tenreiro (French/English) |
Chef d'Unit� Commission Europ�enne DGXXIV |
Office B232,5/31 Unit C2 Rue de la Loi 200 B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM |
00 32 2 295 1367 00 32 2 295 9490 (fax) |
| Carmen Garau (French/English) |
DGXXIV | Unit C2 Rue de la Loi 200 B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM |
00 32 2 295 8937 00 32 2 295 9490 (fax) |
|
| Antonia G�mez Moreno (French/English) |
DGXXIV | Unit C2 Rue de la Loi 200 B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM |
00 32 2 295 5795 00 32 2 295 9490 (fax) |
|
| Finland | Erik Mickwitz main contact (English) |
Consumer Ombudsman | Kuluttajavirasto Haapaniemenkatu 4, P.O. Box 5 FIN-00531 Helsinki FINLAND erik.mickwitz@kuluttajavirasto.fi |
00 358 9 7726 7800 00 358 9 7726 7557 (fax) |
| Anja Peltonen (English) |
Consumer Ombudsman’s Office | Kuluttajavirasto Haapaniemenkatu 4, P.O. Box 5 FIN-00531 Helsinki FINLAND |
00 358 9 7726 7804 00 358 9 7726 7557 (fax) |
|
| France | Brigitte LeTavernier (French) |
DGCCRF | Bureau C1, droit de la
consommation 59 Boulevard Vincent Auriol F-75703 PARIS, CEDEX 13 FRANCE |
00 33 1 44 972532 00 33 1 44973043 (fax) |
| G�rard Medori (French) |
DGCCRF | Bureau C1 Droit de la consommation, t�l�doc 051 59 Boulevard Vincent Auriol F-75703 PARIS, CEDEX 13 FRANCE |
00 33 1 44.97.23.89 00 33 1 44.97.30.43 (fax) |
|
| Germany |
Henning Grub main contact (English/French) |
Dr. Ministry of Economics |
Villemombler Strasse 76 D-53123 Bonn GERMANY |
00 49 228 6154732 00 49 228 6154919 (fax) |
| Friedrich Bultmann (English) |
Director Verbraucherschutz- verein |
L�tzowstrasse 33-36 D-10785 Berlin GERMANY |
00 49 30 21 48 74 18 00 49 30 21 48 74 44 (fax) |
|
| Maren Geisler (English/French) |
Verbraucherschutz- verein e.V. (VSV) |
L�tzowstrasse 33-36 D-10785 Berlin GERMANY |
00 49 30 214.87.424 00 49 30 214.87.444 (fax) |
|
| Greece | Dimitra Kyriakopoulou (English) |
Ministry of Development | Secretariat General of
Consumer Protection Cannings Square GR-10881 Athens GREECE |
00 30 1 382 1618 00 30 1 382 1707 (fax) |
| Hungary | Istvan Geri (main contact) (English) |
Deputy Director General | General Inspectorate of
Consumer Protection Jozsef Krt 6 H-1088 Budapest HUNGARY |
00 36 1 334 6752 00 36 1 210 0741 (fax) |
| George Boda (English) |
Senior Counsellor | General Inspectorate of
Consumer Protection Jozsef Krt 6 H-1088 Budapest HUNGARY |
00 36 1 334 6752 00 36 1 210 0741 (fax) |
|
Ireland |
Carmel Foley (English) |
Director of Consumer Affairs | 4/5 Harcourt Road Dublin 2 IRELAND |
00 353 1 402 5523 00 353 1 402 5586 (fax) |
| Brid O’Connor (English) |
Assistant Director | Office of the Director of
Consumer Affairs 4/5 Harcourt Road Dublin 2 IRELAND |
00 353 1 402 5534 00 353 1 402 5501 (fax) |
|
| Italy | Antonio Lirosi (English) |
Director General Ministero dell'Industria DGATM |
Via Molise 2 I-00187 Roma ITALY |
00 39 06 4705 2910 00 39 06 4705 2898 (fax) |
| Maria Simonetta Diamante | Ministero dell'Industria DGATM | Via Molise 2 I-00187 Roma ITALY |
00 39 06 4705 2490 00 39 06 4705 2898 (fax) |
|
| Japan | Mr. Hasegawa main contact (English) |
Deputy Director First Consumers’ Affairs Division |
Economic Planning Agency Government of Japan 3-1 1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100-8970 JAPAN |
00 81 3 3581 9095 00 81 3 3581 9935 (fax) |
| Hiroshi Yamada (English) |
First Secretary Japanese Delegation to OECD |
11 avenue Hoche 75008 Paris FRANCE |
00 33 1 5376 6180 00 33 1 4563 0544 (fax) |
|
| Korea Republic of |
Sung-Jin Kang main contact (English) |
Korea Consumer Protection Board | 300-4,
Yomgok-Don Seocho-Ku Seoul 137-700 COR�E DU SUD |
00 82 2 3460 3095 00 82 2 3460 7055 (fax) |
| Mr. Wan-Kyu Chung (English) |
Deputy Director Consumer Protection Policy Division |
Fair Trade Commission Chungang-dong #1 Kwachon-shi REPUBLIC OF KOREA |
00 82 2 3460 4162 00 82 2 3460 9476 (fax) |
|
| Luxembourg | Bernadette Friederici Carabin (French) |
Ministere des Classes Moyennes | 6 Avenue Emile Reuter, BP535 L-2937 LUXEMBOURG |
00 352 4784713 00 352 4784740 (fax) |
| Malta | Joseph Schembei (English) |
Acting Director Department of Consumer Affairs |
3A, Old Mint Street Valetta CMR02 MALTA |
00 356 249695 00 356 240052 (fax) |
| Mexico | Osvaldo Tello (English) |
Ministry of Trade | Underministry of Domestic
Trade Alfonso Reqes No. 30 4� Piso Colonia Hipodromo Condesa CP 06179 Mexico DF MEXICO |
00 52 5 729 9204 00 52 5 729 93 60 (fax) |
| Miguel Angel Sanchez Hinojosa (English) |
Director for Consumer Protection Policy | Insurgentes sur 1940, Piso
2� Col. Florida Mexico, D.F. 01030 MEXICO |
00 52 5 229 61 15 00 52 5 229 65 08 (fax) |
|
| Netherlands | Marie-Angele Weesing-Vierhout (English) |
Ministry of Economic Affairs | Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, Postbus 20101, 2500 EC Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS |
0031 70 379 80 34 0031 70 379 71 70 (fax) |
| New Zealand | Mr. Keith Manch (English) |
Head and General Manager Ministry of Commerce Building |
8th Floor 33 Bowen Street Wellington NEW ZEALAND |
00 64 4 4742905 00 64 4 4702312 (fax) |
| Norway | Torfinn Bjarkoy main contact (English) |
Consumer Ombudsman | PO Box 8173 Dep, N-0034 Oslo, NORWAY |
00 47 67599600 00 47 67582061 (fax) |
| Trine Corneliussen (English) |
Forbrukerombudet | PO Box 8173 Dep, N-0034 Oslo, NORWAY |
00 47 67 59 9658 00 47 67 58 20 61 (fax) |
|
| OECD | Laurie Labuda (English) |
Information, Computer, and Communications Policy Division | OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry 2 rue Andr� Pascal F-75775 Paris Cedex 16 FRANCE [email protected] www.oecd.org/dsti/sti/it |
00 33 1 4524 9624 00 33 1 4524 9332 (fax) |
| Poland | Ewa Soliwoda main contact (English) |
Office for Competition and Consumer Protection | Department of European
Interpretion and Foreign Relations, Plac. Powstancow Warzawy 1, 00-950 Warszawa, POLAND |
00 48 22 8261435 00 48 22 8261435 (fax) |
| Jaroslaw Szelag (English) |
Office for Competition and Consumer Protection | Plac Powstancow Warszawy 1, 00-950 Warszawa, POLAND |
00 48 22 826 1435 00 48 22 826 1435 (fax) |
|
| Portugal | Manuel Lucas Estevao main contact (French, English) |
Instituto Do Consumidor | Praca Duque Desaldanha 31, P-1050 Lisboa, PORTUGAL |
00 351 1 356 46 37 00 351 1 356 47 19 (fax) |
| Joaquim Antonio Carrapico (French, English) |
Instituto Do Consumidor | Praca Duque Desaldanha 31, P-1050 Lisboa PORTUGAL |
00 351 1 356 46 88 00 351 1 356 47 19 (fax) |
|
| Jos� A. Mendes Lopes (French, English) |
Inspection g�n�rale des activit�s �conomiques | Av. Duque d'Avilla 139 P-1050 Lisboa PORTUGAL |
00 351 1 353 7376 00 351 1 311 9845 (fax) |
|
| Eduardo Margarido | Inspection g�n�rale des activit�s �conomiques | Rua Latino Coelho, 339-4000-316-Porto PORTUGAL |
00 351 2 507.09.00 00 351 2 507.09.73 (fax) |
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| Slovak Republic | Eva Szabova (English) |
Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic | Mierova 17 827 15 Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
00 421 7 4854 2205 00 421 7 4854 3205 (fax) |
| Jana Drgoncova (English) |
Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic | Mierova 17 827 15 Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
00 421 7 4854 2211 00 421 7 4854 3205 (fax) |
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| Spain | Sara Alvarez Rodriguez (English) |
Instituto Nacional del Consumo | Principe de Vergara 54 E-28006 Madrid SPAIN |
00 34 1 43 12 040 00 34 1 57 63 927 (fax) |
| Guadalupe Casado Conde (French) |
Instituto Nacional del Consumo | Principe de Vergara 54 E-28006 Madrid SPAIN |
00 34 1 43 12 040 00 34 1 57 61 570 (fax) |
|
| Sweden | Axel Edling (English) |
Consumer Ombudsman | Swedish Consumer Agency S-118 87 Stockholm SWEDEN |
00 46 8 4290510 00 46 8 4290530 (fax) |
| Marianne Abyhammar (English) |
Deputy Consumer Ombudsman | Swedish Consumer Agency, S-118 87 Stockholm, SWEDEN |
00 46 8 4290722 00 46 8 4298900 (fax) |
|
| Switzerland | Guido Sutter (English, French) |
seco State Secretariat for Economic Affairs | Effingerstrasse 1 CH-3003 Berne, SWITZERLAND |
41 31 322 28 14 41 31 324 0956 (fax) |
| U.K. | Caroline Banks (English) |
Director of Consumer Affairs | Office of Fair Trading 15-25 Bream’s Buildings London EC4A 1PR ENGLAND |
00 44 171 2118821 00 44171 2118819 (fax) |
| Yvonne Helsby (English) |
International Liaison Section | Office of Fair Trading 15-25 Bream’s Buildings London EC4A 1PR ENGLAND [email protected] |
00 44 171 2118811 00 44 171 2118926 (fax) |
|
| John Kirk (English) |
Department of Trade and Industry | Department of Trade &
Industry Consumer Affairs 1 Victoria Street, Room 416 London SW1H OET ENGLAND |
00 44 171 215 0347 00 44 171 215.6198 (fax) |
|
| Nick Cull (English) |
Lacots | PO Box 6 Robertstr. Croydon, Surrey, CR9 OMG ENGLAND |
00 44 181 688 1996 00 44 181 688 7410 (fax) |
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| U.S.A. | Lisa Rosenthal main contact (English) |
Legal Advisor for International Consumer Protection | Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 U.S.A. [email protected] |
001 202 326 2249 001 202 326 3392 (fax) |
| Michael Donohue (English) |
Staff Attorney | Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580 U.S.A. |
001 202 326 3563 001 202 326 3392 (fax) |
