(Brussels, 28 November, 2011. Multilevel Marketing (MLM)-Company was adjudged by the Commercial Court in Belgium (A.R. 2004/7787) due to a prohibited snowball scheme. The Brussels Commercial Court has found a MLM-Company responsible for promoting…
Juli 2011- With the proposed bill from the German Federal Cabinet, the current compulsory information for consumers could be extended to almost all technical consumer products. The potential risks for the traders/producers are described as…
29.09.2011. Council of the European Union adopted new rules for food labeling. These rules aimed at providing better information for customers. The most relevant changes are: - Nutritional labeling will be mandatory for almost all prepacked…
October 2011. The European Commission launched on 11 October 2011 a Proposal for a Common European Sales Law. This would be an optional instrument for the companies acting in the EU, enabling them to decide either…
Bundesgesetzblatt 03.08.2011. Consumers will be liable for compensation for the use or for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the characteristics and functioning of the…
Opt-in procedure ( §7 II UWG ) complies with EC-legislation. The required customer-confirmation needs to be documented by the company ( this requires in case of electronical communication recording and printing of the complete email…
(Provvedimento 22299. Bulletin 16 May 2011). The Italian Anti Trust Authority has valuated the Marketingsystem of XanGO as a misleading pyramid system for the following reasons: charge of enrollment fee compulsory purchase of monthly…
The European Parliament has adopted on 23 June 2011 the Consumer Right Directive Main achievements for the Direct Selling Industry are: 1.) General threshold of € 50 for all direct selling transactions 2.) Member states…
