GENERAL INFORMATION:
Consumer Protection
Consumer Protection
Study: Civil Law - 9. semester
Commercial Law - 9. semester
Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester
Criminal Law - 9. semester
International Law - 9. semester
The European Union Law - 9. semester
Code: 79157
ECTS: 4.0
Course coordinators: prof. dr. sc. Marko Baretić
Exam dates:
  • 15. 04. 2024.
  • 10. 06. 2024.
  • 24. 06. 2024.
  • 08. 07. 2024.
  • 26. 08. 2024.
  • 09. 09. 2024.
Exam registration: Studomat
Basic data
Consumer Protection Civil Law - 9. semester
Commercial Law - 9. semester
Constitutional-Administrative - 9. semester
Criminal Law - 9. semester
International Law - 9. semester
The European Union Law - 9. semester
4.0 79157
Lecturer in charge Consultations Location
prof. dr. sc. Marko Baretić

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30

Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 26/II
Literature
REQUIRED: Stephen Weatherill; EU Consumer Law and Policy; Edward Elgar Publishing (2013), str. [object Object]
REQUIRED: Marco Loos; Review of the European Consumer Acquis; Sellier European Law Pub (2008), str. [object Object]
REQUIRED: Consolidated versions of the treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (selected provisions); , str
REQUIRED: Geraint Howells, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Thomas Wilhelmsson; Rethinking EU consumer law; Routledge (2018), str
REQUIRED: Tatjana Josipović; Consumer Protection in EU residental mortgage markets: common EU rules on mortgage credit in the Mortgage Credit Directive; Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies vol 16, 2013-2014, str
REQUIRED: Consolidated versions of the treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (selected provisions); ; , str
REQUIRED: Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 291/91; ; , str
REQUIRED: Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 of 9 October 1997 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents, amended by Regulation (EC) No 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 May 2002 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to consumers; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council ("Unfair Commercial Practices Directive"); ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (codified version); ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2009/22/EC on injunctions for the protection of consumers interests (codified version); ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC, OJ 2002 L 271/16.; ; , str
REQUIRED: Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare, long-term holiday product, resale and exchange contracts; ; , str
REQUIRED: Regulation 524/2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes; ; , str
REQUIRED: Council Directive of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (85/374/EEC) amended by Directive 1999/34/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 10 May 1999 amending Council Directive 85/374/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products and Council Resolution of 19 December 2002 on amendment of the liability for defective products; ; , str
REQUIRED: Council Resolution of 7 May 1985 on a new approach to technical harmonization and standards; ; , str
REQUIRED: Preliminary programme of the European Economic Community for a consumer protection and information policy (1975); ; , str
REQUIRED: Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis, Commission of the European Communities, 2007; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive 2014/17/EU on credit agreements relating to residential immovable property; ; , str
REQUIRED: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements; ; , str
RECOMMENDED: Twigg-Flesner, Christian; A Cross-Border-Only Regulation for Consumer Transactions in the EU; Springer (2012), str
RECOMMENDED: Geraint G. Howells, Stephen Weatherill; Consumer Protection Law; Gower Publishing, Ltd. (2005), str. [object Object]
RECOMMENDED: Hans Schulte-Noelke, Christian Twigg-Flesner, Martin Ebers; EC Consumer Law Compendium; Walter de Gruyter (2008), str. [object Object]
RECOMMENDED: Lynden Griggs, Eileen Webb, A. Y. M. Freilich; Consumer Protection Law; (2008), str. [object Object]
RECOMMENDED: W. H. van Boom, Marco Loos; Collective Enforcement of Consumer Law; ISBS (2007), str. [object Object]
RECOMMENDED: Christopher J. S. Hodges; The Reform of Class and Representative Actions in European Legal Systems; Hart Pub Limited (2008), str. [object Object]
RECOMMENDED: Christopher J. S. Hodges; European Regulation of Consumer Product Safety; Oxford University Press on Demand (2005), str. [object Object]
Description
This course is primarily developed for foreign students who participate in the ERASMUS exchange programme. Students of the Faculty of law of the University of Zagreb can as well enrol the course as an elective subject within the 9th semester of Master of law study.

After successfully finishing the course students are expected to gain a general knowledge on the consumer protection law in the European Union, notably its main features, sources of law, regulation techniques and specific provisions. They should be able to enumerate main rights of consumers, main sources of law of consumer protection, fields of protection and main features of consumer protection regulation. Furthermore, students are expected to be able to detect different modalities of judicial and alterative protection of consumer rights. Finally, after successfully finishing the course students are expected to acquire specific knowledge which will help them in solving practical problems.
Exam dates
15. 04. 2024.
10. 06. 2024.
24. 06. 2024.
08. 07. 2024.
26. 08. 2024.
09. 09. 2024.