EKPIZO – Consumers’ Association “The Quality of Life” was established in 1988, protects consumer rights, improves their quality of life and activate them. It is a nongovernmental, nonprofit and accredited association, administered by a Council of 7 members elected every 3 years.
It has 23.757 members, 14 employees and 41 volunteers.
Our financial resources are from members’ fees, collective actions, and subsidies from national / European/international institutions.
EKPIZO is a member of POMEK (Pan-Hellenic Federation of Consumer Associations), BEUC(The European Consumer Organization), ANEC(European Consumer Organization for Standardization), EU Health Alliance(Network for Health-Medicines issues), EFIN(European Financial Inclusion Network), Consumers International, and Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue.
We have provided reliable-accountable information and services to over 405.000 consumers; we are independent from political-economic interests and cooperate with any private or governmental entity for consumer’s protection.
Since 2000, our legal-out of court actions have helped our members to get back over 21 million euro illegally withheld by companies.