Protection of Economic Interests of Consumers from Unfair Commercial Practices: the Experience of the European Union
Abstract
The article is devoted to the legal approach to consumer protection from unfair actions (omissions) of traders in the competitive retail market of the European Union. The article analyzes the doctrinal basis and characteristics, including weak aspects of the European mechanism. In turn, the European experience can be useful in the process of developing mechanisms to protect the economic interests of consumers from misleading and aggressive commercial practices in the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union, which are committed to forming a single market of goods and services.
About the Author
I. S. Shlyakhtin
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Post-Graduate Student of the Department for Civil Law and Procedure
36 Stremyanny Lane, Moscow, 117997
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Shlyakhtin I.S. Protection of Economic Interests of Consumers from Unfair Commercial Practices: the Experience of the European Union. ECONOMICS. LAW. SOCIETY. 2016;(2):49-57. (In Russ.)
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