Category: Consumer Protection
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Europe’s Right to Repair Rules Take Effect This Month
Brussels: From the end of this month, Europeans who own a broken washing machine or…
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Product Safety Alerts Hit a Record as Chemical Risks Climb
Antwerp: Europe’s early-warning network for dangerous goods is running hotter than ever, and chemicals now…
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Shoppers Brace for a New Digital Fairness Law on Dark Patterns
Brussels: The European Commission is preparing a digital fairness law that would police the manipulative…
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Durability Label Will Tell Shoppers How Long Products Should Last
Madrid: From this September, a shopper comparing two washing machines will find something new on…
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Your Right to Repair Becomes Enforceable Across Europe July 31
Fixing a broken phone or a dead washing machine is about to become a legal…
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Product Safety Alerts Hit a Record Across the Single Market
Genoa: A record wave of product safety alerts swept the single market last year, and…
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Streaming Users Win a Firm Right to Cancel Within 14 Days
Anyone who has ever signed up for a streaming service and regretted it within days…
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Europe’s Anti-Greenwashing Rules Arrive Without a Rulebook
The Hague: The most consequential green law of the year lands on 27 September 2026,…
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Air Passengers Win Firmer Refund Rights in Overhauled EU Rules
Palma: Travellers stranded by cancelled flights are gaining a stronger hand. A wave of EU…
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New Repair Rules Reach Consumers as Countries Race July Deadline
Berlin: Germany is racing to finish national legislation before 31 July 2026, when the European…
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Toy Safety Overhaul Brings Digital Passports to Every Shelf
Brussels: The city that hosts Europe’s largest toy fair is already rehearsing a future in…
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Digital Fairness Act Zeroes In on Manipulative Design
Almost every website Europeans open is nudging them in ways they never agreed to, and…
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Greenwashing Ban Nears as Vague Eco Labels Face a Real Reckoning
Lyon: The vague promises stamped across supermarket shelves are about to lose their legal cover.…
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Toymakers Confront Tougher Chemical Limits Under New EU Rules
Nuremberg: In the city that hosts Europe’s biggest toy fair, manufacturers are redrawing their product…
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Can the Digital Fairness Act End the Web’s Dark Patterns
Brussels: Almost every website an EU citizen visits is nudging them, and usually not in…
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Streaming Services Cannot Deny Withdrawal Rights, Court Rules
Consumers across the European Union have gained a firmer grip on the subscriptions they sign…
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Dark Patterns Face a Reckoning Under Europe’s Fairness Push
Tallinn: Anyone who has tried to cancel a subscription online, only to be trapped in…
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Online Shoppers Win a Cancellation Button for Every Order
Cologne: Anyone who has tried to cancel an online purchase knows the ritual of hunting…
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Right to Repair Rules Reach Every EU Consumer From This Month
Brussels: The EU’s right to repair rules take full effect across every member state from…
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Repair Rights Reach EU Shoppers as a July Deadline Nears
Vienna: The broken phone that once meant a trip to the shop for a new…
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Right to Repair Rules Reach a Hard Deadline in Every EU State
Eindhoven: In a Dutch workshop where volunteers coax dead toasters and cracked phones back to…
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Dark Patterns Face a Reckoning Under a New EU Fairness Plan
Aarhus: A student here scrolling through a shopping app meets a countdown clock, a pre-ticked…
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New Repair Rules Reach Every EU Capital as the Deadline Lands
Brussels: Member states are racing to write the EU’s new repair rules into national law…
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Can New Green Claims Rules End Greenwashing for Good?
The EU’s crackdown on misleading green claims is entering its decisive phase, and companies that…