Recent developments in European Consumer Law
Friday, 22 December 2017
AG Sharpston Opinion in Finnair case : An electronic complaint is a complaint in writing
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On the 20 th of December, the AG opinion on Case C-258/16 Finnair Oyj v Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö Fennia (hereafter: Finnair case) was pub...
Thursday, 21 December 2017
CJEU gives Member States a green light to regulate Uber
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Just yesterday the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in one of the two high-profile cases brought before it with respect to the Eur...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
'Brexit: will consumers be protected?'
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We have reported earlier on this blog about Brexit ( one week after the referendum and last month ). For anyone wondering whether consum...
Saturday, 9 December 2017
The ‘proceduralization’ of Directive 93/13 and its limits
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The CJEU's judgment in Banco Santander (C-598/15) that came out this week is the latest addition to a growing body of case law on proc...
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Prohibiting online platforms from reselling luxury goods - CJEU in Coty Germany (C-230/16)
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The CJEU gave its judgment ( C-230/16 ) yesterday in a competition law case that may impact how luxury goods are sold to consumers online i...
Digital content proposal extended to IoT
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Last month we have reported on the updated proposals for the Directive on online and other distance sale of goods ( Towards a more coher...
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Between equivalence and effectiveness: Opinion of AG Sharpston on unfair terms control in default proceedings
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Today, Advocate General Sharpston delivered her Opinion in a Belgian case ( C-147/16 : Karel de Grote Hogeschool v Susan Kuijpers ) on the ...
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Temptation of subscriptions
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In the UK the organisation Citizens Advice conducted a study of consumers subscribing to various services and discovered that on average...
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
New EU regulation on organic farming
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The Proposal for a new Regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products was approved by the Agricultural Committee of...
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