THE SPECIFICS OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN DISTANCE CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTS CONCLUDED IN A PLACE THAT IS NOT THE TRADER`S BUSINESS PREMISES

Abstract

The paper analyzes specific rules of consumer protection in distance contracts and contracts concluded between consumer and trader in a place that is not the trader’s business premises (off-premises contracts). Special protection is necessary because the above-mentioned techniques of concluding the contract are at risks for consumers, the most significant being that they don’t have the opportunity to verify the quality and characteristic of the product or service they buy in distance contracts, as well as the fact that they often conclude off-permises contracts under trader’s psychological pressure. This protection manifests primarily as traders additional obligations in respect of pre-contract informing, consumer’s right of withdrawal the contract, the obligation of the trader to deliver the goods or performe service not later than 30 days and the ban of inertia selling.