But EU health and consumer protection commissioner David Byrne has predicted a ban by next year.
Some modestly upbeat EU data on consumer and business confidence was released Wednesday as the Economic Sentiment Indicator rose to 91.1 in February versus 89.5 in January, and reaching the highest level since last May.
In June 2012, the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Consumers issued its summary of an audit of abbatoirs in Italy - the EU's biggest consumer of horsemeat.
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EU-wide harmonised index of consumer prices, the gap between British inflation and those of France and Germany is smaller than on national measures.
Mr Dalli, 64, became the EU's commissioner for health and consumer policy in 2010.
The British prime minister also focused on the importance of the single market, Wilsher said, but membership in this is tied to EU rules regarding workers' rights, consumer safety and environmental protection.
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Reports overnight said consumer and business confidence in the core EU countries dropped for the sixth straight month.
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She added that the new regulation also contradicts existing EU legislation by focussing on the court in the consumer's country.
But such policies offer a hollow promise of tobacco use reduction, tread on international laws and treaties, and set the EU on a slippery slope towards further restrictions on consumer information.
Some EU member states are pressing for tougher labeling rules to regain consumer confidence.
All Apple hardware comes with a one-year limited commercial warranty, but the company is required under EU law to protect buyers with a minimum of two years protection on all consumer electronics, which includes its iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and iPod devices.
"We recognise that some price increases may be necessary to enable companies to meet the pressures being put on water companies from growing populations, climate change, and tighter EU and UK standards, " said Dame Yve Buckland, Chair of the Consumer Council for Water.
Under EEJ-Net, a UK consumer who, for example, had a claim against a trader in another EU member state would be able to approach the UK clearing house, which would obtain information from its opposite number in the other country about any suitable out of court scheme operating there.
Japan's exports to the EU have dipped for 17 straight months as the region's sovereign debt crisis continues to hurt consumer demand.
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Overall, the outlook for the Eurozone economies is negative: EU economists are forecasting a 0.3% contraction in its economy, which means a reduction in business and consumer spending and even higher unemployment.
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