In this Chapter:
consumer means a natural person who is offered, acquires or uses a good or service primarily for personal, family or household purposes;
Committee on Consumer-Related Measures and Standards means the Committee established under Article 809(1);
consumer-related measures and standards means measures and standards that are intended to protect the personal safety of consumers or the economic interests of consumers and are related to the offer, acquisition or use of a good or service intended primarily for personal, family or household purposes;
economic interests of consumers includes, but is not limited to:
(a) quality of goods, services and suppliers;
(b) accurate and timely information about goods, services and suppliers, including cost of credit;
(c) contractual fairness;
(d) access to redress mechanisms;
(e) security of consumer deposits;
(f) prevention of unfair trade practices; and
(g) protection of privacy;
legitimate objective means the protection of the personal safety of consumers or the economic interests of consumers and includes the enforcement of consumer-related measures and standards;
level of consumer protection means the scope and coverage of a particular consumer-related measure or standard as determined by a Party at the cost that it considers appropriate to address a particular objective;
personal safety of consumers means the protection of consumers from hazards to health or physical safety arising from the use of a good or service;
supplier means a person of a Party that seeks to supply or supplies goods or services.