Wednesday, 26 September 2018

"Eat ORIGINal! Unmask your food" initiative

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With the introduction of the Lisbon Treaty EU citizens' empowerment increased due the setting up of the European Citizens' Initiati...

Airbnb to unroll the transparency carpet for its users

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Whilst the Court of Justice was keeping us busy this month, it is worth it to mention that Airbnb finally committed to adjusting its T&...
Monday, 24 September 2018

National courts are not obliged to review unfair practices during mortgage enforcement proceedings - CJEU in Bankia

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On 19th September 2018, the ECJ issued its ruling on the Bankia case (Case C‑109/17). The case concerned the application of the Unfair Comm...

The limits of disclosure duties under the CRD (and what "vulnerable consumers" have to do with it) - AG opinion in C-430/17 Walbusch Walter Busch

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Last Thursday, Advocate-General Tanchev delivered an opinion in case C-430/17 Walbusch Walter Busch . The opinion is a part of an on-going...
Friday, 21 September 2018

CJEU on equivalence as to consumer associations' intervention in individual proceedings (C-448/17)

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One of the latest instalments in unfair terms adjudication was delivered yesterday by the Court of Justice in case C-448/17 ( EOS KSI Slo...
Thursday, 20 September 2018

May consumers bear exchange rate risk? - CJEU in OTP Bank and OTP Faktoring (C-51/17)

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Today the CJEU issued its judgment in the OTP Bank and OTP Faktoring case ( C-51/17 ). We have previously discussed the AG Tanchev's op...
Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Second-guess or second instance: Opinion of AG Szpunar in five cases on the EU Court of Justice and differences of interpretation between lower, higher and highest national (civil) courts

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" La protection du consommateur est ainsi devenue un des chapitres essentiels du droit de l’Union qui, avec une double dimension – tan...
Friday, 14 September 2018

SIM cards with pre-installed services can be an aggressive practice: CJEU on Wind Tre

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On 13th September, which was a busy day for consumer law cases, the ECJ published its judgement on the Wind Tre case (C-54/17 and C-55/17)...