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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Passenger rights when flights are cancelled – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Passenger rights when flights are cancelled – Go Health Pro

On January 16 the CJEU issued two judgments further interpreting Regulation 261/2004 on air passenger rights, in the cases flightright (C-642/23) and Qatar Airways (C-516/23).  flightright (C-642/23) A passenger booked via a tour operator a flight operated by Etihad Airways from Düsseldorf (Germany) to Brisbane (Australia), via Abu Dhabi (UAE) with an open return ticket. The flight from … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Suppliers sharing names with producers beware – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Suppliers sharing names with producers beware – Go Health Pro

In December the CJEU issued the judgment in the Ford Italia case (C-157/23), which focused on the scope of the notion of an apparent producer, that is a person presenting themselves as a producer by putting their name, trade mark or another distinguishing feature on a consumer product, pursuant to Article 3(1) of the old Product … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Consequences of unfair core terms – Go Health Pro

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Last Thursday the CJEU issued a new judgment in the saga of Swiss francs mortgage loan contracts (C-140/22 – there is no English language text available yet). It was a Polish court who asked for a clarification of a few issues related to voiding such contracts as a result of them containing an unfair contract … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Facilitating enforcement of unfairness control – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Facilitating enforcement of unfairness control – Go Health Pro

Happy 2024 Dear Readers! We are starting a new year of reporting with the reference to the last week’s judgment in the Polish case referred to the CJEU as Getin Noble Bank and Others (C-531/22 – not yet available in English, but accessible in other languages). This judgments continues to provide guidance on the application of the … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Vouchers, an acceptable reimbursement? – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Vouchers, an acceptable reimbursement? – Go Health Pro

On March 21, the CJEU published the most recent judgment interpreting provisions of Regulation 261/2004 on air passenger rights in the case Cobult (C-76/23) concerning the possibility of reimbursing passenger’s ticket cost through a voucher. Many of our readers may have experienced a flight cancellation over the past couple of years, not limited to Covid-19-related causes. … Read more

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