Brussels, 19/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - A commercial practice that misleads consumers is unfair and, therefore, prohibited, and there is no need to show that it is contrary to the requirements of professional diligence.
That was the response given by the EU Court of Justice to the Austrian Supreme Court on Thursday 19 September (case C-435/11). The Austrian court had called for an interpretation of Directive 2005/29/EC on this point (prohibition of unfair commercial practices by companies...