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Christiane Scrivener

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Christiane Scrivener
Official portrait, 1989
European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union[a]
In office
6 January 1989 – 23 January 1995
PresidentJacques Delors
Preceded byHenning Christophersen
Succeeded byYves-Thibault de Silguy
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1979–1989
Personal details
Born
Christiane Fries

(1925-09-01)1 September 1925
Mulhouse, France
Died8 April 2024(2024-04-08) (aged 98)
Paris, France
Political partyRepublican Party
Spouse
Pierre Scrivener
(m. 1944)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Harvard Business School

Christiane Scrivener (née Fries; 1 September 1925 – 8 April 2024) was a French politician who was a member of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's Republican Party (now replaced by Alain Madelin's Liberal Democracy).

Life and career

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Christiane Scrivener was born in Mulhouse, France on 1 September 1925.

Scrivener was Secretary of State of Trade for Consumers' protection between 1976 and 1978, first in Jacques Chirac's and then in Raymond Barre's cabinet. In this capacity she spearheaded several legislative changes, including an Act to protect the information of consumers on products and services (loi sur la protection et l'information des consommateurs de produits et de services, 1978), well known under the name of loi Scrivener.

Scrivener was then elected a Member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).

In 1989 she became the European Communities Commissioner for Taxes, Revenue Harmonization and Consumer Policies in the Delors Commission, a position she retained until 1995.

Scrivener died on 8 April 2024 in Paris at the age of 98.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also Consumer Protection from 1993.

References

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  1. ^ "Christiane Scrivener". Le Figaro. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

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