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Poland: Office of Competition and Consumer Protection Investigation into Allegro for Alleged Unlawful Amendment Clauses in Contract with Consumers

Progress

Current status
in force
29 Dec 2022 in force

Scope

Implementers
Poland
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
User/subject right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

29 Dec 2022
in force

Issued ruling against Allegro for using prohibited terms in contracts with consumers

On 29 December 2022, the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) sanctioned the online shopping platform Allegro with a fine of PLN 4 million for using prohibited clauses in its contracts with consumers. Specifically, Allegro in…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority