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Today the European Commission proposed to give teeth to consumer law by publishing proposals which include tougher sanctions for companies that act illegally and a limited collective compensation tool (collective redress) across the EU.

The European Commission has published proposals to tackle a longstanding currency conversion scam that consumers get sucked into when they’re abroad or online.

As of 1 April, consumers will be able to use online subscriptions they legally bought in their home country such as movies, sports, music, games, e-books in any country of the EU. Currently, people were often prevented from using such subscriptions the moment the user travels to another EU-country.

From today, European SMEs will now have access to a comprehensive range of online resources to help comply with EU and national consumer law via the new Consumer Law Ready website www.consumerlawready.eu.