CONSUMER PROTECTION – EU
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLROGUE traders in the European Union (EU) are to be targeted by consumer protection authorities from all 25 member states, under a new law approved last week by the EU Council of Ministers. It creates a duty for them to act against unscrupulous retailers in their own country following complaints from partner organisations in another EU state. The law was passed following a growth in complaints about cross-border scams such as modem hi-jacking, deceptive prize draws, direct marketing of slimming products to children and misleading marketing by ...
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