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"BGH judgement on unlawful advertising with price reductions"

Situation In a legal dispute, disagreements arose regarding advertising with price reductions. In December 2022, a discount supermarket advertised a coffee product in a promotional leaflet with a...

DE
Infoletter

Publication of harmonised standards for thermal energy meters

Directive 2014/32/EU sets out essential requirements for the placement of certain measuring instruments on the EU market. The measuring instruments in question are specified in more detail in the...

EU
Infoletter

Judgment: Inedible sausage casings and sausage clips are not included in the net quantity

The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has ruled that the weight of inedible sausage casings and sausage clips must not be considered when determining the net quantity of pre-packaged foods. The...

DE
Infoletter

Omnibus proposal for the digitalisation of processes and introduction of common specifications

In order to adapt to the current state of the art and enable efficient further development of the EU market, the European Commission has presented drafts to introduce standardised digital processes in...

EU
(Legal) draft

Instructions on the quantity declaration regulations published

The directives on the Quantity Indication Ordinances regulate the correct indication of quantities for goods sold openly and in pre-packaged goods in order to protect consumers from being misled. They...

CH
Infoletter

Amendment to the Price Announcement Regulation

The Price Announcement Regulation (PBV) regulates the manner in which the prices of goods and services are communicated to the consumer. This regulation has now been amended in terms of the rules on...

CH
Infoletter

Aufhebung einer Ausnahmeregelung der MeAV-EJPD für den Offenverkauf tritt bald in Kraft

Translation coming soon Im unten referenzierten Beitrag informierten wir über Änderungen der Verordnung des EJPD über die Mengenangabe im Offenverkauf und auf Fertigpackungen (MeAV-EJPD). Die MeAV...

CH
Reminder

ECJ judgement on price reductions in advertising

Directive 98/6/EC regulates the indication of the selling price and unit prices for products offered by traders to consumers. The aim of this directive is to enable consumers to compare prices more...

EU
Infoletter

BGH judgement on deceptive packaging

Situation Disagreements have arisen in a legal dispute as to whether deceptive packaging should also be considered misleading if it is advertised online. In the specific legal case, a washing gel was...

DE
Infoletter

Changes in metrology and verification law

Metrology and verification law governs the authorisation, use and verification of measuring devices (MessEG). The Metrology and Verification Regulation (MessEV) provides general requirements for...

DE
Infoletter

Änderung der Zuständigkeiten in der Messgeräteverordnung

Translation coming soon Die Messgeräteverordnung legt Anforderungen fest, die für Messgeräte für das erstmalige Inverkehrbringen und/oder für die erstmalige Inbetriebnahme für Messaufgaben eingehalten...

AT
Infoletter

Änderung der Messmittelverordnung

Translation coming soon Die Messmittelverordnung regelt u.a. die Kontrolle von Messmitteln nach dem Inverkehrbringen. Die vorliegende Verordnung ändert das Verfahren zur Erhaltung der...

CH
Infoletter

ECJ ruling on deposit and selling price

The ECJ has made a judgment on a reference for a preliminary ruling from the German Federal Court of Justice on selling prices and deposit amounts. The question was whether the deposit amount to be...

EU
Infoletter

FCJ judgment on the base price in close proximity to the total price

According to the old version of the Pricing Regulation, the base price must be specified "in close proximity" to the total price. This requirement is sometimes deemed to be invalid by the German...

DE
Infoletter

Change in laws on pricing and unfair competition

Directive (EU) 2019/2161 stipulates the regulations that will apply EU-wide to the announcement of price reductions. These regulations have now been incorporated into the Federal Law on pricing in...

AT
Infoletter

Amendment to price announcement regulation

The Price Announcement Regulation (PBV) regulates the manner in which the prices of goods and services are communicated to the consumer. The regulation has been changed with respect to the time of a...

CH
Infoletter

EU Guideline for interpreting announcements of price reductions

With the article referenced below we reported on a change to the pricing Directive 98/6/EC, which re-regulates how price reductions are announced. This change was already implemented in Germany with...

EU
Infoletter

Amendment of the Price Disclosure Regulation enters into force shortly

We reported on the amendment of the Price Disclosure Regulation in referenced article. It replaces the Price Disclosure Regulation and mainly involves the following changes: The basic price must only...

DE
Reminder

New requirements for the announcement of price reductions

Directive 98/6/EC on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers includes requirements for the indication of sales prices and prices per standard unit. The...

EU
Infoletter

Änderung der Verordnung des EJPD über die Mengenangabe im Offenverkauf und auf Fertigpackungen

Die Mengenangabeverordnung ermächtigt an einigen Stellen das Eidgenössische Justiz- und Polizeidepartment (EJPD), nähere Vorgaben zu bestimmten Regelungen zu machen. Daraus resultiert die Verordnung...

CH
Infoletter

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