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- 14 years of price fixing, a €2.93 billion fine, one paid nothing.
In 2016 the European Commission fined truck makers €2.93 billion: MAN, Daimler, Iveco, Volvo/Renault and DAF had …
- 250, 400 or 600 euros – whatever your ticket cost.
EU Regulation 261/2004 scales compensation by distance: 250 euros up to 1,500 km, 400 euros up to 3,500 km, 600 euros …
- 48 hours, 11 hours, 4 weeks: the floor of EU working time.
EU Working Time Directive 2003/88 sets minimums for every member state: at most 48 hours a week including overtime …
- A "card payment fee" is void for the usual cards.
Section 270a of the German Civil Code voids any agreement charging you extra for a SEPA credit transfer, SEPA direct …
- A guarantee is voluntary. Legal conformity is not.
The EU Sale of Goods Directive makes the seller liable for two years for defects that already existed at delivery. A …
- A shop may not turn you away for living elsewhere.
Since 3 December 2018 the EU Geo-blocking Regulation bans traders from blocking, rerouting or differently treating you …
- Burberry burned £28.6 million of stock rather than discount it.
In 2017/18 Burberry destroyed unsold clothes and perfume worth £28.6 million. The logic: for status goods, the high …
- How VAT passes through five firms yet bites only once.
Each stage adds VAT to its selling price and deducts the VAT it paid as input tax. Only the difference goes to the tax …
- How to check a banknote in three moves.
The ECB sums it up as FEEL, LOOK, TILT: feel the raised print you can sense with a fingertip. Look for the watermark …
- If the shop forgets to tell you, you get a year.
The EU Consumer Rights Directive gives you 14 days to withdraw from online and off-premises purchases, counted from the …
- In year one, the seller has to prove it, not you.
Normally the person claiming a defect must prove it was there all along. The EU Sale of Goods Directive flips that: if …
- No EU country may drop below 15 percent VAT.
The VAT Directive 2006/112 lets each member state pick its own rate but installs a floor: the standard rate must be at …
- No provider may demand an IBAN from one specific country.
Article 9 of SEPA Regulation 260/2012 bans IBAN discrimination: anyone accepting transfers or collecting direct debits …
- Nobody has to take more than 50 coins at once.
Euro coins are legal tender, but Article 11 of Regulation 974/98 sets a limit: apart from the issuing authority, nobody …
- Nobody sues over 40 euros – forty thousand people might.
The EU Representative Actions Directive 2020/1828 lets qualified entities, usually consumer bodies, sue on behalf of …
- One hour late gets you a quarter of the fare back.
EU Rail Passenger Rights Regulation 2021/782 sets it out: 60 to 119 minutes late means 25 percent of the ticket price …
- Since 2017 your phone plan travels with you across the EU.
Since 15 June 2017, operators may not add roaming surcharges inside the EU and EEA: calls and data count as if you were …
- The EU minimum wage directive names no euro figure at all.
Directive (EU) 2022/2041 prescribes no Europe-wide minimum wage. It prescribes procedure: countries with a statutory …
- The euro was three years old before anyone could touch it.
On 1 January 1999 the euro was introduced in eleven countries as book money: accounts, transfers and stock prices ran …
- The small number on the shelf that exposes every price trick.
In the EU, retailers must show the unit price next to the selling price, meaning the price per kilogram, litre or …
- What happens to your money when your bank goes bust.
Across the entire EU, deposits are legally protected up to €100,000 per person per bank. If the bank fails, the …
- Why a bank transfer takes days when it could take 10 seconds.
EU law says a standard SEPA transfer must reach the recipient by the next business day. It feels slow due to batch …
- Why the ECB wants inflation, just not too much of it.
The European Central Bank aims for 2% inflation over the medium term, not 0%. A small buffer prevents prices from …
- Your new fridge got worse overnight – on paper.
On 1 March 2021 the EU replaced the frayed A+++ scale with a clean A to G range, starting with fridges, washing …