On June 13, 2014 enters into force the new law applicable to distance selling and off-premises contracts.
The new provisions introduced by the Decree Law 24/2014, of 14 February, are the result of the transposition of Directive 2011/83/EU.
The new Decree-Law introduce several changes - the scope of the law its reduced through the exclusion of several areas of activity, increase of the information to be provided to the consumer, definition of specific requirements applicable to distance contracts and off-premises contracts and new provisions applicable to the right of withdrawal.
(Further development in Legal Update n. 4)