Showing posts with label sale of goods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sale of goods. Show all posts
Wednesday, 22 March 2023

New Green Deal proposals published today: Right to repair

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Photo by Kilian Seiler on Unsplash The European Commission published two new legislative proposals today implementing the programme of the ...
Monday, 2 November 2020

(Non-)Existence of right of withdrawal must be unconditional – CJEU in C‑529/19

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In Case C ‑ 529/19 ( here ), the CJEU interpreted the Consumer Rights Directive, particularly the right of withdrawal and its exceptions (Ar...
Tuesday, 4 June 2019

Return to sender - CJEU in Fülla (C-52/18) on bulky non-conforming goods

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We have not yet had a chance to address the CJEU's judgment of 23 May in the case F ülla ( C-52/18 ). As we have mentioned in the comme...
Saturday, 25 May 2019

DSM directives published

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Many of us have been waiting for this moment: on May 22 two Digital Single Market directives have been published in the Official Journal: D...
Wednesday, 27 March 2019

DSM proposals approved by the Parliament

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We have announced in December that the work on the DSM proposals (on digital content and on the sale of goods) was moving more smoothly and...
Thursday, 10 January 2019

Status quo on fighting planned obsolescence

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Some of our readers might have noticed a news item posted yesterday on the BBC website ' Climate change: 'Right to repair' gath...
Tuesday, 18 December 2018

2019 forecast: Sun shines on consumer sales contracts

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Over a week ago, on December 7, the Council has announced reaching an agreement on the revision of the sales of goods directive ( Consumer ...
Wednesday, 7 November 2018

In the news

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Some of the interesting reads we found in the news from last week: Five misleading pricing tactics to avoid in sales (V. Crowe in Whic...
Thursday, 1 February 2018

Time to let go of the services/goods distinction? - CJEU in X (C-360/15 & C-31/16)

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In an interesting judgment ( X , joined cases C-360/15 and C-31/16) the CJEU has decided to broaden the scope of application of the Service...
Monday, 6 November 2017

Towards a more coherent European contract law (once again)? Major amendments to the sales proposal

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Last Tuesday the Commission published an amended proposal for a directive on certain aspects concerning contracts for the (online and othe...
Tuesday, 12 September 2017

CJEU in Schottelius: a sales contract under Directive 99/44 is... a sales contract.

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Back to school for students and us teachers, but also back to work for the CJEU.  Last week, the Court had to decide on a case allegedly...
Sunday, 16 July 2017

Time limits for consumer claims under Consumer Sales Directive - CJEU in Ferenschild

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Setting the scene The European debate on consumer sales law has taken an interesting turn these days. Its legislative dimension appears...
Friday, 7 April 2017

Liability and limitation periods - AG Szpunar in Ferenschild (C-133/16)

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AG Szpunar issued his opinion today in the case Ferenschild ( C-133/16 ) concerning interpretation of liability and limitation periods in t...
Tuesday, 15 November 2016

If it talks like a seller... - CJEU in Wathelet (C-149/15)

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Last week the CJEU also issued a judgement in the Wathelet case ( C-149/15 ) concerning interpretation of the Consumer Sales Directive (CSD...
Thursday, 10 December 2015

Commission's proposal on the Digital Single Market out

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Yesterday, the European Commission published two proposals aimed at harmonising the rules on two aspect of digital economies: sales of goo...
Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Towards more durability for consumer products

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When you purchase a more expensive hand mixer for your cooking experiments, you expect it not only to whip and mix everything faster, eas...
Thursday, 4 June 2015

Notification without naming the cause of non-conformity possible - CJEU in Faber (C-497/13)

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4 June 2015: CJEU in Faber ( C-497/13 ) And important judgement has been issued today by the CJEU in the Dutch case Froukje Faber v Aut...
Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Press digest

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Consumer Products & Sustainability Some of the recent press articles express concerns that some of popular consumer product...
Thursday, 27 November 2014

Ex Officio Examination of the Status of the Buyer and Burden of Proof in Consumer Sales - Opinion AG Sharpston in case Froukje Faber (C-497/13)

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27 October 2014: Opinion AG Sharpston in case Froukje Faber (C-497/13) Today AG Sharpston handed down her opinion in a case where th...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Consumers' choice and innovation in retail food sector

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The European Commission published last week the results of a retail food study. The study " The economic impact of modern retail on ch...