Brussels, 28/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 28 February, a new stage was entered into in infringement proceedings against Slovakia for persistent failure to comply with EU legislation on the protection of consumers' interests. Slovakia is to receive a reasoned opinion (second stage of infringement procedure) for not having correctly transposed Directive 2009/22/EC into its national body of law with regard to certain actions for the protection of consumers' interests.
The directive enables a...