Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Only natural persons can be consumers – CJEU in Condominio di Milano, via Meda (C-329/19)

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On the 2 nd of April 2020, the CJEU decided on the Condominio di Milano case ( here ). The case concerned the concept of consumer unde...

Airbnb hosts can (and should) be regulated locally, AG says

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Earlier this month Advocate General Bobek delivered his opinion in joined cases C-724/18 and C-727/18 Cali Apartments . The cases involve t...
Friday, 24 April 2020

Consumer Credit Directive allows for ‘subconcepts’ of ‘total cost of the credit’ in national law – CJEU in Mikrokasa (C-779/18)

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On the 26 th of March 2020 the CJEU decided on the Mikrokasa case (in French, here ). The case concerns a contractual clause on the cal...
Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Coronavirus and digital finance: public consultations and other initiatives

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The current coronavirus pandemic made our financial lives exclusively digital. This raised new challenges but also opened new opportunities...
Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Free online seminars on consumer law

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In response to the current outbreak of COVID-19 T he Academy of European Law (ERA) is one of the companies that provides some of their serv...
Thursday, 2 April 2020

Spelling out the law - CJEU in Kreissparkasse (C-66/19)

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On 26 March the CJEU published a judgment in a case Kreissparkasse ( C-66/19 ), which was not accompanied by an opinion. The consumer in th...
Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Replacing unfair terms with supplementary rules - not a mission impossible? AG Kokott elaborates on Dziubak in C-81/19 Banca Transilvania

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Amid the current crisis it is worth taking a step back in order to catch up on some of the ongoing cases before the Court of Justice. Case ...

Coronavirus and unfairness: scams and unfair practices

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Dear readers, The news is full of warnings of scams and other unfair practices that consumers are exposed to these days. Using the word...
Monday, 30 March 2020

Compensation for delayed flights also for package travellers - CJEU in Primera Air Scandinavia (C-215/18)

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Going through the backlog: last week, on 26 March, the CJEU issued a judgment in Primera Air Scandinavia ( C-215/18 ). The judgment has not...
Sunday, 29 March 2020

Can we make variable interest rates transparent? - CJEU in Gómez del Moral Guasch (C-125/18)

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On 3 March 2020 (yes, we are a bit behind in our commenting on the most recent developments, sorry about that! We are making our way throug...