The French Consumer Federation (FRC) is a consumer protection association based in French-speaking Switzerland and founded in 1959. Originally trained by volunteers, the FRC has become professional over time. It now consists of a general secretariat, a permanent and a monthly, FRC Better Choose , which publishes monthly tests and information useful to consumers. The federation is independent, without political affiliation or liaison with an economic, industrial, commercial, financial or religious group. It publishes a periodical, called FRC Better Choosing, which publishes tests, comparisons and surveys. The federation also intervenes on issues relating to consumer policy in Switzerland with the authorities concerned. It can defend consumers before the civil, administrative and criminal courts when their interests (financial or otherwise) are affected by a public or private measure. and may ultimately use different democratic rights to advance the causes of consumers.