European Congress on Consumer Law

TheAssociation Internationale de Droit de la Consommation and the Laboratoire Innovation Communication et Marché have joined forces for this European Consumer Law Congress, to be held in Montpellier on February 27 and 28, 2025. Welcoming researchers and practitioners from all over the world, representing 18 nationalities, it will be an opportunity to compare and discuss the different approaches of different countries to market regulation and consumer protection, as well as to recall the place of Professor Jean Calais-Auloy's work in consumer law and its influence beyond France. The papers presented will be divided into 3 themes: consumer information, new consumption patterns and abusive commercial practices, as well as speeches on open topics and a tribute to the work of Prof. Jean Calais-Auloy.

The consumer relationship is by its very nature an unbalanced one, between a professional whose economic interests justify efforts and a consumer constrained by his or her lesser knowledge or immediate needs, impulses etc. Informing consumers of their rights is therefore a key issue in ensuring the effectiveness of consumer law: there are many ways of doing this, and a variety of channels for disseminating information: codification, websites, consultations with consumer associations, explanations by public authorities, mediation by professional representatives, and so on. In addition, the emergence of new technologies has led to the emergence of new consumption patterns, whether initiated by consumers, public authorities or professionals. These new offers can give rise to new practices, sometimes unfair, sometimes difficult to understand, for which ordinary consumer law may or may not prove effective in regulating the market and protecting consumers.

Participation in the debates is open to all, but requires prior registration[contact.cedc2425@gmail.com]. The debates will also be broadcast live on the Montpellier Faculty of Law and Political Science video channel.

Presentations in French will be simultaneously translated into English.

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For more information, visit https://droitconso-m25.sciencesconf.org/