Monday 28 November 2022

EU Commission consultation on digital fairness

The Commission has just announced a public consultation on digital fairness. The intitative comes within the New Consumer Agenda and it aims to analyse whether additional action is needed to ensure an equal level of fairness online and offline.

This fitness check (evaluation) will look at the following pieces of EU consumer protection legislation to determine whether they ensure a high level of protection in the digital environment:

  • the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC
  • the Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU
  • the Unfair Contract Terms Directive 93/13/EEC

All stakeholders are invited to respond until 20 February 2023.