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27 J. Consumer Pol'y 1 (2004)

handle is hein.journals/jrncpy27 and id is 1 raw text is: Lucia A. Reisch Principles and Visions of a New Consumer Policy Discussion Paper by the Scientific Advisory Board for Consumer, Food, and Nutrition Policies to the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture* The Coalition Agreement signed between the Green Party and Social Democratic Party on the formation of the present German federal government in October 2002 announced a consumer policy pro- gramme of the kind consumer pressure groups have been calling for ever since the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture (BMVEL) was first established in January 2001. The Scientific Advisory Board for Consumer, Food, and Nutrition Policies has an advisory role in the Ministry's development of a consumer policy model and a consumer policy programme. This discussion paper presents the Board's position and serves as a platform for discussion. TASKS AND TERMS One objective of the Scientific Advisory Board for Consumer, Food, and Nutrition Policies is to develop a consumer policy model' and to determine the underlying definitions and assumptions. This involves clarifying the term consumer and the notion of consumer policy. The * This discussion paper was edited by Christine von Weizsacker. Supplements and remarks are contributions from the Strategies and Visions Working Group (Ursula Hansen, Georg Karg, Ingrid-Ute Leonhauser, Hans-W. Micklitz) and other members of the Board (Peter Derleder, Gerhard Eisenbrand, Rainer GrieBhammer, Angelika Meier-Ploeger, and Gert Wagner). The author is deeply grateful to the Board's Strategies and Visions Working Group which significantly contributed to this publi- cation. The merit goes to the group, the responsibility remains with the author. Journal of Consumer Policy 27: 1-42, 2004. © 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.

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