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Cooperation between national consumer protection authorities

Summary

This regulation aims to improve how EU member states work together to enforce consumer protection laws, particularly in the digital market. It grants authorities more power to investigate and stop unlawful practices across borders.
10 27.12.2017
Other
administrative law
public administration
business and competition
information technology and data processing

Key points

  • The regulation strengthens the ability of national authorities to work together against cross-border consumer law violations.
  • New legal definitions are introduced to identify large-scale violations that affect a majority of the EU population.
  • Authorities will have expanded powers to access data from banks and internet service providers to track financial flows.
  • In urgent situations, authorities can take immediate steps like suspending a website or domain to prevent serious harm.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws Cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws ***I
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