Federal union of the Consumers - That To choose

The Federal union of the Consumers - That To choose or UFC - Which To choose association created in 1951 is a . It aims to defend the interests of the consumers. It carries out comparative products and publishes a review since 1961. It is presented in the form of a federator of waitings and needs for the Consommateur S in order to make pressure on the various actors (Industrie ls, Large distribution, service providers, etc). UFC-That To choose acts, in particular in justice, so that balanced relations are established between the producers, distributers and the consumers so that the latter can take advantage of their rights.

Federation

UFC-That To choose is a federation made up of 170 local associations of consumers animated by the voluntary ones. UFC-That To choose is also a recognized association of defense of the environment.

UFC-That To choose is founding member of the Bureau European of the Consumers' unions (BEUC). It is member of Consumers International (IC), international organization of consumers' associations.

UFC-That To choose advertisement 124.000 members, 300 points of reception and 3.000 voluntary assisted of a team of paid: Engineer S, Lawyer S, Journalist S…. Local associations UFC-That To choose would treat each year more than 100.000 litigations of consumption. These litigations relate to all the sectors but generally those of housing, the insurances, the banks, telephony or the car.

Actions

Among his actions, one can quote the call to the Boycott during one day of SMS to obtain less low prices; actions against the Management of the digital rights, the abusive expenses punctured by the banks with their customers, the interior Pollution; the operation water and reconciliation 2015 ; the petition Total denouncing the profits of the oil companies; the operation Cartelmobile , the public awareness campaign chercarburant.org , etc

UFC-That to choose would have federated nearly 12.000 complaints against the agreements in mobile telephony. November 29th, 2005, the Conseil of competition condemned the three operators of mobile Téléphonie (SFR, Orange and Bouygues Telecom) to a Amende record of 534 million euros. The authority noted an agreement, between 2000 and 2002, aiming at guaranteeing market shares at the three companies, whose consequence had been, logically the maintenance of the tariffs of the fixed prices on abnormally high levels for this period. No compensation not having been allotted to the consumers injured by the agreement, association put on line an Internet site Cartemobile , equipped with a calculator making it possible to simulate the amount of a damage.

Media

Each month, the review That To choose carries out a series of in-depth surveys and publishes the results of its comparative tests, as well of the products as of the services. In addition to monthly magazine, UFC-That To choose publishes each year four numbers Argent' and four numbers Spécial (Guides). More 400 000 subscribers, it is each month more than 4,5 million informed readers. Dependant at 100% UFC-That To choose, these reviews are without publicity and only receipts related on the subscriptions and the sales with the number live.

Since 2002 Internet site quechoisir.org proposes selectors of products, tests and investigations via a subscription with Internet site, distinct from the subscription to the magazines. Beginning March 2007, this service would include/understand 32.000 paying subscribers.

A new monthly magazine That To choose Health answers the interrogations and the concerns of its readers and to allow them to dialog more effectively with the medical community. That To choose Health is proposed only on yearly subscription.

See too

External bond

Internet site of the Federation

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