Lag om ändring av lagen om vissa befogenheter för konsumentskyddsmyndigheterna | 694 — Finland law | Esheria

Lag om ändring av lagen om vissa befogenheter för konsumentskyddsmyndigheterna

A trader may be charged a penalty fee if, to consumers’ detriment, it intentionally or negligently breaches listed consumer protection provisions.

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Jurisdiction
Finland
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
694
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
sv
Updated
Official source
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consumer contracts consumer information distance selling marketing online interface access payment instrument fees payment services penalty fees telephone sales turnover-based caps

Statute overview

About this statute

A trader may be charged a penalty fee if, to consumers’ detriment, it intentionally or negligently breaches listed consumer protection provisions. A trader may be charged a penalty fee if, to consumers’ detriment, it intentionally or negligently breaches certain geoblocking, trading-terms, payment-transaction, or payment-instrument fee rules. A trader may be charged a penalty fee for intentionally or negligently breaching certain consumer-information rules or for continuing prohibited practices or contract terms. The penalty fee must be set using an overall assessment, and it is capped at 4% of the trader’s turnover or, in some cross-border cases with no turnover data, 2 million euros.

Available versions

  • Undated version · current

    fi

  • Undated version · current

    sv