Press Release: OFT welcomes EC proposals on cross-border scams

Unscrupulous traders will no longer be able to evade consumer protection authorities by targeting consumers living in other EU countries. On 18 July 2003, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation which would link up national enforcement authorities and enable them to take co-ordinated action against rogue traders who abuse the freedom of the EU's Internal Market in order to deceive consumers. On 22 July 2003, the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) welcomed the proposals.

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