Monday, 14 December 2015

Foreign currency exchange transactions connected to foreign currency denominated loans are not investments

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Judgment of the CJEU in  C-312/14 Banif Plus Bank Zrt. v Márton Lantos and Mártonné Lantos  delivered on 3 December 2015  The Hungarian...

German Parliament passes Act on consumer ADR

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The German Parliament has passed its respective Act – Verbraucherstreitbeilegungsgesetz (VSBG) – implementing the requirements of the ADR-D...
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...
Friday, 27 November 2015

Changes allowed, within limits - CJEU judgment in case C-326/14 Verein für Konsumenteninformation v A1 Telekom

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Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the EU handed down its judgment in the Austrian case of  Verein für Konsumenteninformation v A1 Telekom...
Thursday, 26 November 2015

The Netherlands helping other Europeans out with its collective action tool

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In the context of consumer claims being lined up against VW, the Dutch WCAM - Collective Settlement Act - is attracting the attention of c...
Thursday, 19 November 2015

AG Sharpston in Radlinger v Finway: EU law requires ex officio control of respect of information requirements

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Today, an interesting opinion has been released enriching the CJEU literature on unfair terms and credit contracts. In this case, the ref...
Thursday, 12 November 2015

Execution proceedings enriched with an unfairness test: AG Szpunar in Finanmadrid (C-49/14)

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11 November 2015: AG Szpunar's opinion in case Finanmadrid ( C-49/14 ) Yesterday, in another Spanish case on unfair contract terms,...

Teaching Consumer Law 2016

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The next Teaching Consumer Law conference takes place in Santa Fe, 20-21 May 2016 and is focused on "Teaching Consumer Law in Our Popu...
Tuesday, 10 November 2015

VW scandal spurs development of collective claims in Germany

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A number of group actions against VW have been instituted in many countries over the past weeks and months. In Germany, however, according ...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015

No to national restrictions on EU-approved GMOs

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Last week, on October 28, the European Parliament voted against a new draft law that would allow Member States to restrict or prohibit the ...