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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8377

13 January 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Commission takes Belgium before Court of Justice for banning certain loyalty schemes

Brussels, 13/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission announced its decision to take Belgium before the European Court of Justice on account of national legislation limiting the scope for operating customer loyalty schemes. Belgian law on trading practices prevents the issuing of loyalty cards that enable consumers to accumulate points when making purchases from different suppliers and later exchange them for free products and services or price reductions. The Commission...

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