A provisional decision on consumer matters - a new instrument for responding to practices threatening the collective interests of consumers

Authors

Małgorzata Sieradzka, Doktor habilitowany nauk prawnych; adiunkt na Wydziale Prawa i Administracji Uczelni Łazarskiego; adwokat prowadzący Kancelarię Adwokacką MSWFollow

Keywords

collective consumer interests, provisional decision, active participation a party in administrative proceedings, serious and hard-to-remove effects of practice

Abstract

Strengthening consumer protection was among the objectives of an amendment introduced on 5 August 2015 to the Polish Act on the Protection of Competition and Consumers (Journal of Laws, Dz. U. 2015, item 1634). The legal instrument meant to ensure this is a ‘provisional decision’ issued before the end of proceedings regarding practices violating collective consumer interests. This paper’s objective is to analyse the nature of provisional decisions issued in the course of proceedings regarding practices violating collective consumer interests. Having regard to the prerequisites for the issuance of a provisional decision, it is also considered whether it will become an instrument facilitating quick responses to practices threatening collective consumer interests.

Recommended Citation

Sieradzka, M. (2016). A provisional decision on consumer matters - a new instrument for responding to practices threatening the collective interests of consumers. internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation), 5(3), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.7172/2299-5749.IKAR.3.5.1

First Page

8

Last Page

17

Page Count

9

DOI

10.7172/2299-5749.IKAR.3.5.1

Publisher

University of Warsaw