Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 10/18/2012

Subject: According to the Court, EU law prohibits aggressive practices which give the consumer the impression that he has already won a prize, while he is obliged to pay money or incur a certain cost in order to be informed of the nature of that prize or to take certain action to acquire it. Such practices are prohibited even if the cost imposed on the consumer is minimal compared with the value of the prize or where it does not procure the trader any benefit.

Parties: Purely creative e a.

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection

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