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Annual Conference on European Consumer Law 2009

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, 1 October 2009 – 2 October 2009
Languages:
(simultaneous interpretation)
Event number:
109R10

Areas of law:

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The purpose 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. This year’s event will pay particular attention to the progress achieved in two very current topics:

The review of the consumer acquis: With the objective of removing regulatory barriers and improving the EU consumer regulatory framework, the European Commission is undertaking a review of the consumer acquis through:
  • The proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights: aimed 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).
  • The revision of the Package Travel Directive: following an impact assessment to be conducted in 2009, the Commission may present a proposal on a revised Directive in 2010.
Collective redress: With the aim of creating an effective collective redress mechanism in Europe, two initiatives are on the agenda of the European Commission:
  • Consumer collective redress: The European Commission recently published a Green Paper setting out the possible options to ensure that consumers harmed by a single trader's practice can be compensated for their losses whilst avoiding unfounded claims. A legislative proposal could follow this year.
  • Damages actions for breach of EC antitrust rules: The White Paper adopted by the European Commission suggests specific policy choices and measures that would help give all victims of infringements of EC competition law access to effective redress mechanisms so that they can be fully compensated for the harm they suffer.


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Participation in this conference can contribute to your continuing professional education.

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