Wednesday, 15 November 2017

No bargains for Scottish whisky

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Following on the recent line of posts on consumer health, it may be interesting for our readers to hear about the UK Supreme Court deciding...
Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Consumer protection rights after Brexit

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Anyone eagerly anticipating what the change to UK policies in consumer protection may be after Brexit, should monitor the EU Justice Sub-Co...

Who needs a diet when there are taxes?

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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 ...
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...
Sunday, 5 November 2017

DG FISMA published a report on national responses to the financial crisis

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Our readers may be interested in the recently published report by DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (FIS...
Tuesday, 31 October 2017

How to get consumers to eat healthier?

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As obesity is becoming a bigger health issue in Europe with every year, policymakers are paying more attention to consumers' shopping a...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

European Commission announces 'New Deal for Consumers'

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Today, on 24 October 2017, the European Commission published its Work Programme 2018: an "agenda for a more united, stronger and mo...
Monday, 23 October 2017

EU Commission announces measures for completing the Banking Union

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As announced by President Juncker in his State of the Union Address the EU Commission issued a Communication on the measures it will tak...
Thursday, 19 October 2017

CJEU agrees with Advocate-General on the interpretation of UCPD in a B2B context

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Today the Court of Justice ruled on the case C‑295/16 Europamur Alimentación SA which dealt with a highly interesting issue of whether and...
Monday, 16 October 2017

Take me home! Lessons from Monarch's closure

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On Monday, 2 October 2017 Brexit claimed its first major victim! The UK based Monarch (Airlines and Holidays) went into administration. T...