Test Aankoop (Dutch) orTest Achats (French) is aBelgian non-profitconsumer organization which promotesconsumer protection. It was founded in 1957 and publishes research in a subscription magazine.
Test Achats was founded by Louis Darms in November 1957 as theAssociation des Consommateurs (French) /Verbruikersunie (Dutch). In 1960 it was one of the founders of the organization now calledConsumers International.[1]
Test Achats is a founding member ofInternational Consumer Research & Testing.[1]
In 1987 Test Achats formed partnerships with three other consumer organizations with the intention of coordination comparative product testing in each country. Those organizations are theComitato Difesa Consumatori in Italy, theOrganization de Consumidores y Usuarios in Spain, and theAssociação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor in Portugal.[1]
The organization was a party to a 2011 lawsuit,Test-Achats vs Council of Ministers, in which it advocated for an end to using gender as a basis for determining insurance rates.[1]
Willy van Ryckeghem : l'histoire de Test-Achats - d'une revue de consommateurs a une multinationale. Editions Racine, Brussels, 2005, 221 pp.
