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Today, the European Commission and the network of consumer protection authorities (CPC-Network) announced a coordinated action against Swedish video games developer Star Stable for suspected infringements on EU consumer law. The action is coordinated by the Swedish and Norwegian consumer authorities. BEUC welcomes this action, yet more needs to still must be done to ensure safe gaming environments for all.
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Comparative Legal Study on Procedural Rules and their Impact on Collective Redress Actions in Europe
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The Representative Actions Directive requires EU countries to allow qualified organisations to bring collective actions for consumer redress. However, it leaves many important details up to each country, leading to inconsistencies and challenges in areas like compensation for immaterial damage, evidence disclosure, and case financing. This study commissioned by BEUC focuses on how Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Poland have applied the Directive, identifying obstacles and sharing examples of best practices to improve collective redress mechanisms.
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In this third issue of the quarterly newsletter on the development of representative actions in the European Union, you will find updates about the national implementation of the EU Directive on Representative Actions, news about the legal actions brought to various European courts, links to interesting articles and other insights into the world of representative actions in Europe and third countries.
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The EU Commission has published today its e-commerce Communication to tackle the many problems consumers face when shopping online. BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, welcomes the plan and calls for swift action to enforce rigorously existing laws around chemicals, online platforms and product safety and to wrap up important legislation.
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Tests carried out over the last fifteen months by consumer groups from the BEUC network have exposed the shoddy safety of certain products on sale on Temu.
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The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has written to relevant EU enforcement authorities to share its concerns that Meta’s latest pay-or-consent policy in the EU may be infringing consumer and data protection law as well as the Digital Markets Act.
