Unfair commercial practices and new safeguards: on some recent developments in EU consumer protection and digital market regulation and the new omnibus directive
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https://doi.org/10.18041/2382-3240/saber.2026v21n1.13218Keywords:
European Union , Consumer Protection , Digital Market Regulation, Omnibus Directive , DSA , DMAAbstract
This article analyzes recent developments in European Union consumer protection and digital market regulation. In the first part, it will focus on the New Deal for Consumers and the Omnibus Directive (EU) 2019/2161, on one hand, and the Digital Services Package, which includes the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), on the other. In the last part, it addresses the First Omnibus Directive approved in 2025, which seeks to reduce administrative burdens for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of sustainability reporting.
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