Brussels, 04/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The directive on unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices (2005/29/EC) is also applicable to health insurance funds which are part of the statutory system. Neither their task of public interest nor their public law status is sufficient reason for such bodies not to be considered “traders”, to which the prohibition on unfair commercial practices applies.
Giving reasons for its ruling, delivered in case C-59/12 on 3 October in response to a...