Trading Standards Institute



consultation responses

TSI response (110 KB). TSI is supportive of the proposed changes and is pleased to note that African Horse Sickness has been added to the list of diseases for which the plan will be invoked 
21 Sep 2009
TSI response (89.8 KB). TSI sees the proposed measures as a positive step towards improving the transparency of the house buying and selling process
10 Sep 2009
TSI response (PDF 107KB). TSI notes the absence of due reference to 'consumers' and 'citizens' in the proposed Strategy. TSI also emphasises the value of local expertise and calls for a link between expertise at national level and that at the local level
28 Aug 2009
TSI response (PDF 122KB). A wide-ranging response in which TSI highlights the online sale of alcohol to the underaged and would welcome the opportunity to contribute its expertise to the production of a robust and manageable system in this area 
5 Aug 2009
TSI response (PDF 55.4KB). TSI welcomes this already massive and impressive piece of work and confines its comments to paragraphs 2.5 and 2.6 on page 261 which pertain to unfair commercial practices
31 Jul 2009
TSI response (PDF 90.3KB). TSI believes that the controls currently in place in the UK have been effective in keeping the country rabies-free but acknowledges the consequences should the EU choose to take action against the UK for not meeting EU rules
20 Jul 2009
TSI response (PDF 245KB). TSI is on record as being a continuous advocate for RIPA-regulated application of covert investigatory techniques by local authority trading standards services and professionals
17 Jul 2009
TSI response (PDF 105KB). A detailed response to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors consultation
17 Jul 2009
TSI response (PDF 104KB). TSI favours an option not mentioned in the Consultation Paper - a binding instrument establishing a detailed harmonised EU-wide judicial collective redress mechanism including collective ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
3 Jul 2009