Recent developments in European Consumer Law

On August 1, the CJEU delivered an interesting judgment in  Interfel  (C-772/24), which could assist in promoting sustainable consumption.  ...

by Marta Dzedyshko We do not often discuss Directive 87/357/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning products wh...

We have previously mentioned a European Citizens' Initiative urging the European Commission to take steps to label the origin of food p...

With the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty EU citizens' empowerment increased due the setting up of the European Citizens' Initiati...

On the 12 th of July the EU Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), voted on the report by Olg...

On the same day that the Commission announces common methodology on comparing quality of similarly packaged food products, BEUC publishes i...

Today the Commission has published a new common methodology that will allow national authorities to compare the quality of food products ac...

The Proposal for a new Regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products was approved by the Agricultural Committee of...

Recently we mentioned that the fight against obesity is moving to the top of the political agenda of the Member States. Aside new rules on ...

As obesity is becoming a bigger health issue in Europe with every year, policymakers are paying more attention to consumers' shopping a...

On 4 th October, the European Parliament issued an objection to the Draft Commission regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1...

Remember Jean-Claude Juncker's State of the Union address ? Not too many probably recall that it also referred to some consumer issues,...

Soy milk, soy cream, soy cheese: all these names come forward relatively frequently on European markets. According to a decision issued b...