The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law: A Comparative Analysis of Package Travel and Misleading Advertising

335 Pages·2014·1.62 MB·English

by  Franziska Weber

The Law and economics of enforcing
european consumer Law
markets and the Law
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The Law and economics
of enforcing european
consumer Law
a comparative analysis of package Travel
and misleading advertising
franzisKa weBer
University of Hamburg, Germany
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The law and economics of enforcing european consumer law : a comparative analysis of
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1-4724-1706-0 (epub) 1. consumer protection--Law and legislation--economic aspects-
-european union countries. 2. package tours--Law and legislation--european union
countries. 3. deceptive advertising--Law and legislation--european union countries. 4.
consumer protection--Law and legislation--england. 5. consumer protection--Law and
legislation--netherlands. 6. consumer protection--Law and legislation--sweden. i. Title.
KJe6577.w433 2014
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Contents
List of Cases vii
List of Legislation ix
List of Abbreviations xiii
Foreword xvii
Preface xix
1 Introduction 1
PART I OPTImAl EnfORcEmEnT mIxEs (AnAlysIs)
2 Existing Enforcement Mechanisms 25
3 Framework to Assess Enforcement Designs 33
4 Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses of Existing Law
Enforcement Systems 45
5 Combining Enforcement Mechanisms Efficiently for
Specific Case Scenarios 91
PART II cOunTRy sTudIEs (cOmPARIsOn)
6 The Netherlands 137
7 Sweden 183
8 England 225
PART III cOnclusIOns
9 Conclusions 269
Bibliography 285
Index 307
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List of Cases
Netherlands
Amsterdam Court of Appeal, 1 June 2006, NJ 2006, 461 (DES)
Amsterdam Court of Appeal, 25 January 2007, JOR 2007, 71 (Dexia)
Amsterdam Court of Appeal, 23 March 2010 (Tele 2/UPC internetten&bellen
hoger beroep)
Decision Consumentenautoriteit, 23 April 2008, CA/NCB/17 (UPC)
Decision Consumentenautoriteit, 17 June 2010 CA/NB/510/30 (Celldorado)
Decision Consumentenautoriteit, 6 September 2010 CA/NB/527/29 (Nederlandse
Energie Maatschappij/NL Energie)
Decision Consumentenautoriteit, 21 September 2010 CA/NB/544/10 (Garant-o-
Matic B.V.)
The Hague Court of Appeal, 7 April 2009, LJN BK4880, TvC 2009 (Gold Travel)
Sweden
Bo Åberg v Kefalas Elfeterios (Case No. T 3515-03, Stockholm District Court)
Carl de Geer et al. v The Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Service
(M 1931, 2007, Nacka District Court, Environmental Court)
DOM 2008:6 2008-04-11 Dnr B 2/07 (Prima Travel AB)
DOM 2009:17 2009-06-26 Dnr B 9/08 (Casa Nordica Altavista C AB)
Grupptalan mot Skandia v Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (T 97, 2004,
Stockholm District Court)
Konsumentombudsmannen v Kraftkommission (T 5416, 2004, Umeå
District Court)
MD 1998:7 KO v Fritidsresor
Pär Wihlborg v The Swedish State through the Chancellor of Justice (T 1286, 2007,
Nacka District Court)
England
British Airways v Ryanair [2001] FSR 541
Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605
CRE-E/26641 OFT investigation into Colin Michael Ogle t/a Swindon Decodes
Decision of the Office of Fair Trading, No. CA98/06/2003, Competition Act 1998,
viii The Law and Economics of Enforcing European Consumer Law
Price-fixing of Replica Football Kit
Director-General of Fair Trading v Tobyward Ltd [1989] 2 All ER 266
Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller and Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465
R v ASA, ex parte Charles Robertson (Developments) Ltd, The Times 26
November 1999
R v ASA, ex parte SmithKline Beecham plc [2001] EMLR 23
R v ASA, ex parte Vernons [1992] 1 WLR 1289
List of Legislation
England
ABTA Arbitration Appeal Procedure
ABTA Arbitration Scheme – rules & appeal procedure
ABTA Code of Conduct
Access to Justice Act 1990
Access to Justice Act 1999
BCAP Code
Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
CAP Code
Civil Procedural Rules
Code for Crown Prosecutors
Conditional Fees Agreements Regulations 2000
Competition Act 1998
Consumer Protection Act 1987
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
Criminal Procedure & Investigations Act 1996
Enterprise Act 2002
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations S.I. 3288
of 1992
Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
Practice Direction 19B – Group litigation. This practice direction supplements
Section III of Part 19
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Supreme Court Act 1981
The Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing) Regulations 2012
Trade Descriptions Act 1968
Weights and Measures Act 1985