Two out of three e-commerce sites in the EU selling clothes and shoes, furniture and household goods or electrical appliances do not respect basic consumer rights guaranteed by EU law, according to the results of an EU-wide screening (‘sweep’) published by the European Commission on Friday 31 January.
This screening involved 500 e-commerce sites. It was carried out by the national consumer protection authorities of 27 Member States and coordinated by the Commission.
The EU Consumer...