Issue - meetings
Implications of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
Meeting: 19/03/2008 - Executive Member For Neighbourhood Services and Advisory Panel (Item 75)
75 Implications of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 
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This report informs Members of the new legislation aimed at ensuring businesses trade fairly with consumers.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised:
(i) That the report be noted.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON:To inform Members of this significant change in consumer protection legislation.
Minutes:
Members received a report which informed them of the new legislation aimed at ensuring businesses traded fairly with consumers.
Paragraphs 4-11 of the report summarised the main provisions of the legislation and examples of the kind of actions which were prohibited.
Members thanked officers for producing the report.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member be advised:
(i) That the report be noted.
Decision of the Executive Member
RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON:To inform Members of this significant change in consumer protection legislation.