European Union: Consumer Trading & Unfair Trading

Cyprus businesses face strict consumer protection obligations covering pricing transparency, withdrawal rights, unfair contract terms, and digital services. Non-compliance may trigger regulatory investigations, administrative fines, and reputational damage across e-commerce, marketing, and customer service operations.

Italy has implemented the EU's Empowering Consumers Directive, introducing strict new rules against greenwashing and misleading sustainability claims that will reshape how consumer products companies communicate environmental performance. The legislation expands prohibited commercial practices and establishes rigorous substantiation requirements for environmental claims, with significant penalties for non-compliance including fines up to EUR 10 million or 4% of annual turnover.

The European Union's Package Travel Directive, in force since 2018, has undergone significant revision following systemic failures exposed by the Thomas Cook collapse and COVID-19 pandemic. The amended framework introduces strengthened refund mechanisms, harmonised voucher rules, enhanced insolvency protection, and clearer cancellation rights to address gaps that left millions of travelers vulnerable during major disruptions.

La shrinkflation (ou « réduflation ») est un néologisme d'origine anglaise désignant la pratique consistant à réduire le poids d'une denrée tout en conservant voire augmentant le prix initial...

On the 30th of May 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") laid down its preliminary ruling in the case of VT and UR v Conny GmbH.

On 9 April 2024, the Commission announced a new investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR') to examine whether foreign subsidies distort competition in the European wind power market.

After many years of policy debates and legislative activity in Brussels, the food sector will now be covered by new sector-specific rules.

The aim of the new legislation, act on prohibition against unfair traducing practices in the food supply chain, is to protect the suppliers of agricultural and food products from certain unfair trading practices...

Le secteur de la pharmacie en ligne connaît des évolutions rapides liées à la digitalisation du secteur.