Volume 2023 : 1
Case Airhelp Ltd v. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Denmark–Norway–Sweden (C-28/20): Reasserting its consumer credentials: The European Union’s Court of Justice declares trade union-led strikes to fall outside the scope of the defence of “extraordinary circumstances”
The national rules on hidden defects and European consumer law: marriage or divorce?
Consumer participation under Better Regulation Agenda: the case of Consumer Credit Directive
Is all gold that glitters? The EU Commission Proposal on empowering consumers for the green transition
Circular supply chains – where the need for coordination meets competition law?
The sword in the stone: the potential of data subject rights of the General Data Protection Regulation
A new Consumer Rights Act for Ireland – Comprehensive reform and a closer alignment with European Consumer Law principles
How to protect information about our mental states? A few remarks on processing of mental data under the GDPR
EU consumer information as a tool to regulate the treatment of farm animals: potential and limits
Environmental sustainability and consumer relations between administrative and judicial remedies
Food and nutrition education in school as a means for raising awareness among young food consumers: a brief legal overview
EU consumer law meets digital twins
Case Airhelp Ltd v. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Denmark–Norway–Sweden (C-28/20): Reasserting its consumer credentials: The European Union’s Court of Justice declares trade union-led strikes to fall outside the scope of the defence of “extraordinary circumstances”
The national rules on hidden defects and European consumer law: marriage or divorce?
Consumer participation under Better Regulation Agenda: the case of Consumer Credit Directive
Is all gold that glitters? The EU Commission Proposal on empowering consumers for the green transition
Circular supply chains – where the need for coordination meets competition law?
The sword in the stone: the potential of data subject rights of the General Data Protection Regulation
A new Consumer Rights Act for Ireland – Comprehensive reform and a closer alignment with European Consumer Law principles
How to protect information about our mental states? A few remarks on processing of mental data under the GDPR
EU consumer information as a tool to regulate the treatment of farm animals: potential and limits
Environmental sustainability and consumer relations between administrative and judicial remedies
Food and nutrition education in school as a means for raising awareness among young food consumers: a brief legal overview
EU consumer law meets digital twins
Year
2023
Volume
2023
Number
1
Page
51
Language
English
Court
Reference
B. NALBANDIAN, “Is all gold that glitters? The EU Commission Proposal on empowering consumers for the green transition”, REDC 2023, nr. 1, 51-68
Recapitulation
A more sustainable socio-economic model is what we need to avoid worsening the climate crisis we are facing. As consumers' role has gradually shifted from one of the passive bystanders to one of active participants in pursuing environmental and sustainable consumption policies, the concepts of circular economy and consumer engagement have come to the forefront of the political debate. In this connection, the European Union has been moving the target of consumer law with the recently proposed Directive COM(2022) 143 on empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information. The proposed Directive sets the ambitious goal of the European sustainable consumption paradigm by targeting misleading and unfair commercial practices that could deceive consumers away from sustainable consumption choices. Against this backdrop, this paper aims at first locating the Commission's Proposal in the context of pursuing a more sustainable and circular economic paradigm. Secondly, it provides an overview of its main features, and the most relevant critics advanced by stakeholders and specialists in the field.
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