Reply to [log in to unmask] who wrote:
> A European Directive came into force on this, possibly via a UK statute last
> May (1999). Does anybody have a quick web reference to this?
>
I believe you are looking for the Distance Selling directive.
I have had occasion to advise in the telecoms sector on this in the lobbying
stages as it was a hotly contested matter in the European Parliament between
left and right political factions.
The reference is below. If anyone would like the text, I can e-mail it as a
.pdf file.
Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 20 May
1997 on the Protection of Consumers in respect of Distance
Contracts
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