Sunday, 20 September 2015

A different look at foreign currency loans? AG Jääskinen's Opinion in C-312/14 Banif Plus Bank Zrt v Márton Lantos and Mártonné Lantos

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Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen delivered on 17 September 2015 The Hungarian District Court of Ráckeve (Ráckevei Járásbíróság)...
Thursday, 17 September 2015

Compensation due by most technical defects - CJEU in van der Lans (C-257/14)

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17 September 2015: CJEU judgment in case van der Lans ( C-257/14 ) Generally, airlines tend to perceive technical defects in air planes...
Friday, 4 September 2015

Misleading presentation of lenses as cosmetic products - CJEU in Colena (C-321/14)

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3 September 2015: CJEU judgment in Colena ( C-321/14 ) Directive 1223/2009 on cosmetic products defines as such products that are eith...

Status of a person concluding linked contracts may differ per contract - CJEU in Costea (C-110/14)

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3 September 2015: CJEU judgment in Costea ( C-110/14 ) As we have mentioned in our description of the AG Cruz Villalón's opinion to...
Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Survey on cross-border access to online content

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The European Commission has published a new Flash Eurobarometer 411 with results of a survey on "Cross-border access to online conten...

European consumers are a step closer to resolving their disputes online

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In 2013 the Commission adopted the ADR Directive and the ODR Regulation . These acts aimed at creating opportunities for European consumer...
Monday, 31 August 2015

German BGH "limits and expands" consumer withdrawal rights with a view to mortgages

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Late in 2013 the CJEU issued a judgment ( Case C‑209/12 ) following upon a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the...
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...

Time limits determined by law not T&Cs in claims against airlines

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The Air Passenger Rights Regulation ( No 261/2004 ) in its Article 16 leaves it to the Member States to regulate the enforcement of passeng...
Friday, 14 August 2015

Better enforcement of consumer rights in the car rental sector

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Following a large number of complaints received by  European Consumer Centers  in regard to cross-border car rental services, national enfo...