On 5 October 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgment in case C-565/22 (Verein für Konsumenteninformation v. Sofatutor GmbH) concerning the consumer's right to withdraw from an initially free and ...

The OECD/G20 Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection has issued a new version of the High-Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection, a soft law that defines the basic principles...

On 18 March 2023, Legislative Decree 26/2023, implementing Directive 2019/2161 "for better enforcement and modernisation of the Union's consumer protection rules"...

The consumer group Which? has previously called on the Government to act to provide "peace of mind" to the holidaymakers of the Nation.

Italy has enacted Legislative Decree No. 78/2026, strengthening product-safety enforcement and operationalizing the EU General Product Safety Regulation across consumer-product supply chains.

Legislative Decree No. 26/2023 (available here, Italian only — "Decree") implementing Directive (EU) 2019/2161, known as the Omnibus Directive, for better enforcement and modernization of European Union...

On 30 April 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Lidl Italia Srl v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Case C‑301/25), confirming that a single instance...

The outbreak and spread of COVID- 19 and subsequent measures taken by the Italian Government and other countries around the globe...

Italy has implemented the EU's Empowering Consumers Directive, introducing strict new rules against greenwashing and misleading sustainability claims that will reshape how consumer products companies communicate environmental performance. The legislation expands prohibited commercial practices and establishes rigorous substantiation requirements for environmental claims, with significant penalties for non-compliance including fines up to EUR 10 million or 4% of annual turnover.

The Italian transposition of the EU Directive 2020/1828 on representative actions by means of Legislative Decree no. 28/2023 ("Representative Action") will create a "new deal for consumers"

It is not always easy to distinguish between the sale of a faulty product and the sale of aliud pro alio. Recently the Italian Supreme Court has clarified some aspects of the issue...

On September 9 2011 an Italian consumer association, the Centro di Ricerca e Tutela dei Consumatori e degli Utenti, published a press release announcing that the Italian Competition Authority had initiated an investigation into four companies on the basis of the association’s claim of alleged unfair commercial practices relating to warranties for Apple iPods and iPads.

Legislative Decree of December 31, 2025, No. 209, (the “Decree”), published in the Official Gazette on January 8, 2026, transposes Directive (EU) 2023/2673 of November 22, 2023, into Italian law.

In the last days the Ministry of Economic Development released a new update to the "Frequently Asked Questions" issued on March 30, 2017 – and, since then, already amended several times –

On 19 September 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union gave its interpretation on the "professional diligence" as a constitutive element of companies liability under the Parliament and Council Directive 2005/29/EC.

Article body Current Length: 5405 chars Long including spaces Source Preview Di recente, la High Court inglese ha pronunciato una sentenza che inciderà in misura notevole sui produttori britannici e, con buona probabilità, su tutti i produttori e fornitori di beni nell’Unione Europea.

Alla fine di ottobre 2022 Banca d'Italia ha pubblicato una comunicazione in materia di Buy Now Pay Later sotto forma di richiamo d'attenzione rivolto principalmente ai consumatori.

In the context of the European Union, talk of consumer protection is nothing new. In fact, there are already four directives specific to the subject:

For years, the Consortium for the Protection of Prosecco DOC has been fighting an uncompromising battle to protect and raise awareness among consumers, especially foreign ones, educating them so that they can recognise so-called "fakes".

Da anni il legittimo Consorzio di Tutela del Prosecco combatte una severa battaglia per tutelare e sensibilizzare il consumatore, specialmente se straniero, educandolo a riconoscere i cosiddetti "fake".