The NOVA Consumer Lab researcher Jorge Morais Carvalho was interviewed by ManuelCarvalho for the P24 Podcast published on 7 January 2025. The episode was dedicated to the“Elon Musk case: consumers in the fight against threats to democracy”. You can listen to ithere.
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH CENTER EXHIBITION
The NOVA Consumer Lab was present at the exhibition of knowledge centres of CEDIS andNOVA School of Law.
January 2025
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PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCE
Researcher and Professor Fabrizio Esposito gave the first permanent workshop of LisbonLegal Theory by the Lisbon Public Law Research Center, on the topic of the “The Efficiency-Fairness Rosetta Stone: Consumer Sovereignty as Commutatitve Justice”.
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January 2025
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CONSUMER LAW NEWS
CJEU in Qatar Airways (C-516/23) - 16 January - Link.1. The first alternative of the first sentence of Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules oncompensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and ofcancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91, must beinterpreted as meaning that a passenger does not travel free of charge, within the meaning ofthat provision, where, in order to make his or her reservation, that passenger had to pay only airtransport taxes and charges.2. The second alternative of the first sentence of Article 3(3) of Regulation No 261/2004 must beinterpreted as meaning that a passenger does not travel at a reduced fare not available directlyor indirectly to the public, within the meaning of that provision, where that passenger reservedhis or her ticket in the context of a promotional campaign which was limited in time and interms of the quantity of tickets offered and which was aimed at a specified professionalcategory.3. Article 8(1)(c) of Regulation No 261/2004 must be interpreted as not requiring, for thepurposes of its application, the existence of a temporal link between the cancelled flight andthe re-routing flight desired by a passenger, since such re-routing to the final destination maybe requested under comparable transport conditions at a later date, subject to availability ofseats.
CJEU in Flightright (Compte de fidélité) (C-642/23) - 16 January - LinkArticle 8(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers inthe event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealingRegulation (EEC) No 295/91, read in conjunction with Article 7(3) of Regulation No 261/2004,must be interpreted as meaning that, in the event of cancellation of a flight by the operating aircarrier, a passenger is not to be deemed to have given his or her ‘signed agreement’ toreimbursement of the cost of the ticket in the form of travel vouchers where he or she has setup, on that carrier’s website, a loyalty account to which those vouchers were to be transferred,without having confirmed, by his or her express, definitive and unequivocal acceptance, his orher agreement to that method of reimbursement.
January 2025
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CONSUMER LAW NEWS
CJEU in NEW Niederrhein Energie und Wasser (C-518/23) - 23 January - Link.Article 7(1) and (4)(c) of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internalmarket and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) mustbe interpreted as meaning that, in the case of an invitation to purchase made by means of anonline commercial communication, the information relating to the manner in which the priceis calculated must not necessarily contain the specific percentage of a component which mayvary, such as the compensatory amount applied by the electricity supplier to the consumerconcerned, with the result that the latter, once he or she knows his or her electricityconsumption, can calculate that price independently, provided that that communicationindicates the applicability in principle of such a percentage, together with a possible scale andthe components having an impact on that percentage, thus enabling the average consumer tomake an informed transactional decision.
CJEU in Slovenská sporitelna (Informations dans les contrats de crédit aux consommateurs) (C-677/23) - 23 January - Link1. Article 10(2)(c) of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC, asamended by Commission Directive 2011/90/EU of 14 November 2011, must be interpreted asmeaning that a credit agreement need not necessarily specify the duration of that agreementexpressly, provided that the terms of that agreement enable the consumer to determine thatduration without difficulty and with certainty.2. Article 10(2)(g) of Directive 2008/48, as amended by Directive 2011/90, must be interpreted asmeaning that the assumptions used in order to calculate the annual percentage rate of charge(APRC) must be expressly identified in the credit agreement and that it is not sufficient in thatregard that the consumer may himself or herself identify them by examining the terms of thatagreement.
January 2025
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CALL FOR PAPERS
SLS Conference 2025 | University of Leeds
The 2025 Society of Legal Scholars’ annual conference will beheld at the University of Leeds, from Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4September and will be an in person event. Consumer Law willbe one of the topics of Section A, taking place on Tuesday 2 &Wednesday 3 September. Call for Papers: submit your paperabstract or panel (maximum of 3 speakers) details by 11:59pmUK time on Friday 4 April 2025. More informations here.
EuCML Award for the Best Paper on European Consumer and Market Law
More informations on the Call and Award Conference on 19 September 2025 here.
STARTING SOON
We can also suggest the following courses, to some extent related to consumer law and startingsoon:
Cursos Jurisnova da Energia e do DigitalPost-graduate course Law in the Digital Transaition. E-course on the Legal Framework for Electric Mobility
The second edition of the Postgraduate Course inConsumer Law (in Portuguese) starts in September 2025.You can find all the information here.
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On this website you can find a great deal of up-to-date information on EU law, includingcomments on the case law and legislation on consumer law. This website is a must for anyonewho wants to keep up to date with EU consumer law.
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