The objective of this annual conference is to analyse the current state of EU consumer protection law and the most important recent EU initiatives in this field. The focus will be on consumer rights and the conference will debate the perspectives for a future Consumer Rights Directive.
The European Commission in 2008 adopted a proposal for a Directive on consumer rights aiming at merging, updating, modernising and strengthening provisions in the key problematic areas of four existing EU consumer directives (consumer sales, unfair contract terms, distance selling and doorstep selling). According to the Commission, full harmonisation of all consumer rights in the EU would end the fragmentation of the single market, improve legal clarity, guarantee the same protection to all consumers and stimulate cross-border trade. Concerns have been raised, however, among member states, consumer organisations and Members of the European Parliament that a full harmonisation would in practice lead to a levelling down of certain consumer rights.
Commissioner Reding has announced that she will review the Commission's 2008 proposal to consider, where practical, the option of more targeted harmonisation.
Other current developments to be addressed include:
- enforcement issues, such as consumer collective redress
- guidance on the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
- consumer data protection
- latest case-law of the ECJ on consumer matters
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EU and ERA patrons
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Young lawyers and other groups
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Consumer organisations
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Registration
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discounts
10 % before 14.09.2010
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions; Employees of the Federal government and of the Cantons of Switzerland
25 % - Consumer organisations
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier)