GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The action grants defined on the basis of the call for proposals can support a wide range of activities, such as:

• Implementation of the minimum investigation and enforcement powers, in particular activities linked to the exchange of good practices as regards the power to carry out mystery shopping (under a cover ID), to remove content or to restrict access to an online interface, or to trace financial and data flows.
• staff training, including activities for knowledge acquisition and sharing on enforcement techniques to prepare for the deployment of innovative e-tools to strengthen national authorities’ capacity to tackle illegal online commercial practices by the Commission.
• creation of online interfaces, e-enforcement and monitoring tools that complement the deployment of innovative e-tools to strengthen national authorities’ capacity to tackle illegal online commercial practices.
• legal studies regarding the application of consumer law provisions in a specific context, notably with regard to new business models in the green or digital economy,
• sector inquiries of specific business sectors and surveys of retailers on practices that may infringe EU consumer law,
• networking tools, including workshops, for example to facilitate the cooperation with other public authorities within Member States and other enforcement capacities, including purchase of equipment and hard- or software for digital investigations and for product testing

Exceptional utility action grants defined on the basis of the call for proposals can cover the above-mentioned activities and should involve at least three Member States or should concern infringements which cause or are likely to cause harm in two or more Member States.