Recent developments in European Consumer Law

 While the "Digital Fairness Act" may or may not become a thing in the near future, it is interesting to see how regulators have started to perhaps gain more confidence in the enforcement of existing rules in the digital context. A most recent...

Photo by Imre Tomosvari on UnsplashLast Thursday, AG Ćapeta delivered her opinion in Kigas (C-488/24), which primarily addresses the scope of information obligations under Article 5 of the Consumer Rights Directive. In this case, a consumer arranged...

It's been almost exactly one month since the CJEU issued a judgment which has left many non-lawyers (and also some lawyers) quite puzzled. The judgment may not concern consumer law strictly speaking, but will be of certain interest to those interested...

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission adopted the long-awaited 2030 Consumer Agenda, its strategic plan for EU consumer policy for the next five years. This is the most recent rendition of the Commission’s periodic consumer policy blueprints,...