Date: 2013
Type: Article
EU consumer law outside the European Union : the case of Albania
Journal of Consumer Policy, 2013, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 269-285
DUROVIC, Mateja, EU consumer law outside the European Union : the case of Albania, Journal of Consumer Policy, 2013, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 269-285
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The article examines the emergence of Albanian Consumer Law as an example of the application of the EU consumer acquis beyond the European Union. The argument is that Albanian Consumer Law was established and developed principally as a result of external pressures, whereby as part of the pre-accession process Albania has undertaken an obligation to harmonize its consumer law with EU law. In turn, the weakness of domestic pressures and factors, including a genuine commitment on the part of Albanian policy makers to develop consumer law so as to protect their citizens as consumers, resulted in a fairly slow evolution of consumer law in Albania and the lack of implementation of the initial enactments in practice. However, the empowering of a dedicated Consumer Protection Commission as the main institution in charge of enforcement of consumer law in Albania has led to some enforcement activity and a significant number of consumer protection cases. An analysis of the cases suggests the Commission is using, and upgrading, its powers so as to intervene in a number of different sectors in the economy, including against quite powerful market players.
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Published online: 27 July 2013.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/30701
Full-text via DOI: 10.1007/s10603-013-9235-z
ISSN: 1573-0700; 0168-7034
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