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4An investigation into the domestic laundry habits in Europe
PrefaceIn order to promote the interests of the consumer within the framework of article2 of EU Parliament decision no 283/1999/EU, a consumer policy programmehas been developed. Each year the Commission calls for project proposalsto make it possible to fulfil the obligations in the programme. Some ofthe task fields are highlighted specially. For 2001 one of these was “promotionof consumer interests and education of consumers”. The motivation forour application was related to the following:To give everyone, including consumer representatives, the possibility to have updatedresults and neutral information. This will in our view be of major importancesince representation by industry in standardisation work is strong, andknowledge about the domestic laundry habits of today has its origin in investigationsperformed by the industry. The results from the project may also contributeto consumer protection in the sense that they can help to prevent policy measuresfrom resulting in a deterioration of consumers’ interests.In addition to the direct results achieved, the project has also made it possibleto extend knowledge and communication between research institutions andconsumer organisations in 4 different countries: Spain, Greece, the Netherlandsand Norway, represented by Edocusa (OCU), the General ConsumersFederation of Greece (INKA), Wageningen University dept. Consumer Technology& Product Use (WUR) and the National Institute for Consumer Research(SIFO), respectively.We would like to thank all contributors in the four countries for their spirit ofco-operation and their efforts to make the project successful. First of all: specialthanks to Anna Risnes who had the idea for the project, organised the projectteam and wrote the application, then left for an even more exciting responsibility– a new baby just as the project started.In the project team, special recognition goes to Carja Butijn and AnnekeEngelbertink in the Netherlands, Vassilis Georgakopoulos and Haris Kouris in
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Appendix ASurvey of domestic laundr
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Appendix CSettings of the 15°C Was
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Appendix DSettings of the 30°C Was
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