While the enactment of EU consumer legislation usually attracts quite some attention, the dates on which new rules enter into force may pass by almost unnoticed. With a slight delay because of busy end-of-the-academic-year schedules, therefore, an update on the Consumer Rights Directive: as of Friday 13 June, the provisions laid down in the CRD replace the Directive 97/7/EC on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts and Directive 85/577/EEC on contracts negotiated away from business premises.
For more information, please refer to the European Commission's website (which includes a non-binding guidance document to facilitate effective application of the new rules), an earlier press release, as well as a press release by consumer organisation BEUC.
