Consultation on EU proposals for a consumer rights directive

The European Commission, on 8 October 2008, published a proposal for a new Consumer Rights Directive. The Directive would repeal four existing European consumer Directives; the Doorstep Selling Directive (85/577/EEC), the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive (93/13/EEC), the Distance Selling Directive (97/7/EC) and the Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive (1999/44/EC); and replace them with a single horizontal Directive.

The UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform published a consultation on the EU proposals on 10 November 2008. Deadline for responses: 2 February 2009.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: EU consumer rights directive: Distance and off-premises selling, and consumer remedies (impact assessments), November 2008 http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file48792.pdf

United Kingdom: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Consultation on EU proposals for a consumer rights directive, November 2008 http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file48791.pdf

United Kingdom: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Press Release, 10.11.08 http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/639E51C14E4B3222802574FD004FCB8F?OpenDocument

United Kingdom: Office of Fair Trading: Consultation on EU proposals for a consumer rights directive: A consultation response by the Office of Fair Trading, February 2009 http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/oft_response_to_consultations/oft1051.pdf

United Kingdom: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Government response to the consultation document on the EU proposals for a Consumer Rights Directive, July 2009 http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file52168.pdf

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