The new German amendments concerning the consumer protection legislation

As of June 13th, 2014 the new rules for consumer protection – laid down in EU-Directive 2011/83/EU – will be implemented in the German Civil Code (BGB) and the Introductory Act to the Civil Code. These new rules mainly effect the so called long-distance transactions. This term refers especially to online-purchase, but also to telemarketing, catalogue selling and other kinds of businesses, where contracts are…