The European Commission’s New Deal for Consumers (New Deal) is a package of reforms that seeks to enhance existing consumer protection legislation and improve the ability of individuals and regulators to bring enforcement action where traders fail to comply. Traders that target consumers in the EU have two years to…

A key part of the EU’s New Deal for Consumers entered into force on 7 January 2020: the Omnibus Directive, which strengthens consumer rights through enhanced enforcement measures and increased transparency requirements. The headline changes introduced by the new Directive are: GDPR-style penalties. A requirement for increased transparency online, in…

On 1 October 2019, the European Commission (EC) adopted a package of Ecodesign measures which, for the first time, include requirements for repairability and recyclability for household products. These requirements seek to contribute to the EU’s circular economy objectives by improving the life span, maintenance, re-use, upgrade, recyclability and waste…