Financial services providers operating within the EU may be forced to allow a 30-day cooling-off peri...
Financial services providers operating within the EU may be forced to allow a 30-day cooling-off period for products sold over the internet. EU member states are currently debating final rules over distance selling - the promotion of products overseas using telephony, fax or internet technology. Under right of withdrawal, clients would have the right to cancel a contract without reason in writing, including e-mail, within 30 days of purchase. Alan Davis of solicitors Denton Wilde Sapte told a recent London conference on the regulation of financial services on the internet that one of th...
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