A record 170,000 consumers benefited from the free services of the European Consumer Centres Network in the year of the coronavirus pandemic. Its lawyers either advised or directly helped them resolve their dispute with a vendor from another EU country and recover € 4 million, i.e more than CZK 104 million in total. These often involved non-refund of money for cancelled flights, tours and accommodation, but also…

Today is the World Consumer Day and Europe commemorates successfully resolved complaints of consumers against traders. One of them is the story of Czech Miroslav Krekáč who bought return flight tickets from Krakow to Los Angeles with transfer in Warsaw, all flights to be operated with a Polish carrier. All flights were cancelled one day after the purchase and the passenger started requiring the refund of the paid…

From December 1 to 24, a special Christmas calendar for consumers will show how to help protect the life on the planet when shopping. On Facebook and Twitter, the European Consumer Centres Network will issue 25 tips for more sustainable online shopping, travel and gastronomy. The last 25th tip will be a Christmas bonus. At the online held Consumer Day conference held on 1 December under the German EU Presidency, an…

Prague (November 20, 2020) More than one million consumers have used the services of the European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) in its 15 years of existence. Lawyers from 30 countries help consumers resolve cross-border disputes with entrepreneurs from other EU countries, the UK, Norway and Iceland free of charge and provide information on consumer rights in the single market. A record 90,000 people contacted…