Sunday, 29 January 2017

Payment service providers to actively inform consumers - CJEU in BAWAG (C-375/15)

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As we have previously reported ( Provision of information on a durable medium... ), the BAWAG case ( C-375/15 ) presented interesting quest...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017

More privacy protection?

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Yesterday, the European Commission published its proposal (COM(2017) 10 final) for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications, w...
Friday, 23 December 2016

Lucky4All pyramid scheme in lotteries - CJEU in Nationale Loterij (C-667/15)

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Last week, on December 15th, the CJEU also gave its judgment in a Belgian case Nationale Loterij ( C-667/15 ) that concerned pyramid promot...
Thursday, 22 December 2016

Effective judicial protection in unfair terms cases – mixed signals from Luxembourg

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Also yesterday the Court of Justice delivered its ruling in case C-119/15 Biuro podróży Partner . The judgment may come as a surprise to ...

Spanish 'floor clauses' (cláusulas suelo) - EU Court of Justice steps in: nullity is nullity

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Judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-154/15, C-307/15 and C-308/15 ( Gutiérrez Naranjo v. Cajasur Banco , Palacios Martín...
Friday, 9 December 2016

Camera, Camera, on the Wall...

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The latest issues of INsights #18 contains a short article by Joasia Luzak ' Camera, Camera, on the Wall... ' which introduces to t...
Thursday, 8 December 2016

Rescheduling credit NOT free of charge if payment for credit recovery agency added - CJEU in VfK (C-127/15)

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In July we've mentioned an opinion of AG Sharpston in Verein für Konsumenteninformation case ( C-127/15 ), which concerned debt collect...
Monday, 21 November 2016

Addressing financial innovation: the launch of a New Task Force on Financial Technology

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Last week the Commission has launched a Task Force on Financial Technology focusing on the FinTech sector (see the press release here ). Fin...
Thursday, 17 November 2016

AG Szpunar: after-sales helplines should be available at the cost of standard calls

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Case C-568/15 Zentrale zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs Frankfurt am Main  is a sign that one of the most recent EU legal acts in the ...
Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Complex pricing in TV and other adverts - CJEU in Canal Digital Danmark (C-611/14)

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Clearing up our backlog, on 26 October 2016 the CJEU issued a judgement on the interpretation of Art. 6 and 7 of the Unfair Commercial Prac...