CONSUMER PROTECTION

As well as providing a legal framework for e-commerce transactions, the country’s newly-adopted Consumer Protection Act (2019) also sets out to establish a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA). More

On 30 March 2020, the Commission published guidance documents to help increase the production of safe medical supplies during the time of the coronavirus outbreak. This guidance comes in the form of questions and answers concerning information on conformity assessment and relevant legislation applicable to assist manufacturers to boost the production of essential medical equipment in three primary areas. More

The European Commission website states as part of its “Guidance on Customs issues related to the Covid-19 emergency” that it is working on plans to “ensure that the temporary admission of items for disaster victims of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis becomes free of customs duties and VAT”. More

On 7 January 2020, new EU rules for consumer protection, as part of the New Deal for Consumers, entered into force. The new rules aim to better enforce and modernise the current EU consumer protection rules, in line with digital developments. In this connection, 20 days earlier, on 18 December 2019, Directive 2019/2161 was published, laying down the provisions for the better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules. More