EU Consumer Law in 2020

Abstract

The paper presents an overview of the main developments in EU consumer law in 2020. It discusses the challenges for consumer protection related to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, legislative developments in the field of collective redress and digital markets as well as selected judgments of the Court of Justice, with a focus on the consumer notion, unfair terms in financial markets and consumer protection in the platform economy. \n \nThe French version of this contribution will be published in “Annuaire de droit de l’Union europeenne 2020” (Editions Pantheon-Assas, forthcoming).