EU to modernise law on consumer protection

1 Apr 2019 01:17 PM

The EU is modernising and reinforcing its consumer protection laws. Member states' ambassadors meeting in the Council's Permanent Representatives Committee recently approved a deal reached between the Romanian presidency and the European Parliament on a draft directive which amends four existing EU directives protecting consumers' interests.

The directive covers a wide range of topics. It amends the unfair commercial practices directive 2005/29/EC, the consumer rights directive 2011/83/EU, the unfair contract terms directive 93/13/EEC and the price indication directive 98/6/EC. Together with a proposal on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, it is part of the 'New Deal for Consumers' launched by the Commission in 2017.

The agreed text provides for:

Next steps

Following the standard legal/linguistic scrutiny, the text will be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council. Member states will have 24 months from the entry into force of the directive to transpose it into national law.

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