📋 Tender Overview
The Consumer Protection Act will change at the beginning of next year. The amendments implement the EU Trade in Goods Directive and the Digital Content and Services Directive. The President of the Republic ratified the law today.According to the Consumer Protection Act in the future the defect is presumed to have existed in the goods at the time of delivery if the defect occurs within one year after the consumer has received the goods. However this is not the case for example if it can be shown that the consumer has caused the defect or the normal life of the goods is less than one year. The reform will improve the position of the consumer as the current period is six months. The seller is also usually obliged to take care of the updates needed to keep the goods containing the digital elements free of defects. The obligation to update is important because many goods have the digital content they need to function.In addition the Consumer Protection Act will be supplemented by new provisions concerning the provision of digital content or services their error and its consequences and the modification of digital content or services. In the past delays and errors in digital content or services have not been explicitly regulated by law. The new provisions cover for example contracts for software video files digital games and cloud services. In addition to the agreements under which the consumer has agreed to pay the purchase price for the digital content or service the new provisions also apply to agreements under which the consumer has undertaken to disclose personal data. The underlying directives aim to facilitate the purchase and sale of goods and digital content and services in the EU.
