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The Law and economics of enforcing european consumer Law markets and the Law Series Editor: geraint howells, university of manchester, uK Series Advisory Board: stefan grundmann – humboldt university of Berlin, germany, and european university institute, italy hans micklitz – Bamberg university, germany James p. nehf – indiana university, usa iain ramsay – York university, canada charles rickett – university of Queensland, australia reiner schulze – münster university, germany Jules stuyck – Katholieke universiteit Leuven, Belgium stephen weatherill – university of oxford, uK Thomas wilhelmsson – university of helsinki, finland markets and the Law is concerned with the way the law interacts with the market through regulation, self-regulation and the impact of private law regimes. it looks at the impact of regional and international organizations (e.g. ec and wTo) and many of the works adopt a comparative approach and/or appeal to an international audience. examples of subjects covered include trade laws, intellectual property, sales law, insurance, consumer law, banking, financial markets, labour law, environmental law and social regulation affecting the market as well as competition law. 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Other titles in the series The Organizational Contract from exchange to Long-Term network cooperation in european contract Law edited by stefan grundmann, fabrizio cafaggi and giuseppe Vettori isBn 978 1 4724 2124 1 International Insolvency Law reforms and challenges edited by paul omar isBn 978 07546 7482 5 International Responses to Issues of Credit and Over-indebtedness in the Wake of Crisis edited by Therese wilson isBn 978 1 4094 5522 6 for more information on this series, visit www.ashgate.com The Law and economics of enforcing european consumer Law a comparative analysis of package Travel and misleading advertising franzisKa weBer University of Hamburg, Germany © franziska weber 2014 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. franziska weber has asserted her right under the copyright, designs and patents act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. published by ashgate publishing Limited ashgate publishing company wey court east 110 cherry street union road suite 3-1 farnham Burlington, VT 05401-3818 surrey, gu9 7pT usa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: weber, franziska (Law teacher) The law and economics of enforcing european consumer law : a comparative analysis of package travel and misleading advertising / by franziska weber. pages cm. -- (markets and the law) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-1-4724-1704-6 (hardback) -- isBn 978-1-4724-1705-3 (ebook) -- isBn 978- 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. 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KJe6577.w433 2014 343.2407'1--dc23 2013045808 isBn 9781472417046 (hbk) isBn 9781472417053 (ebk – pdf) isBn 9781472417060 (ebk – epuB) V printed in the united Kingdom by henry Ling Limited, at the dorset press, dorchester, dT1 1hd 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 This page has been left blank intentionally 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
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