Consumer Rights Directive
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Chapter I – Subject matter, definitions and scope
Chapter II – Consumer information for contracts other than distance or off-premises contracts
Chapter III – Consumer information and right of withdrawal for distance and off-premises contracts
Chapter IIIa – Rules concerning financial services contracts concluded at a distance
Chapter IV – Other consumer rights
Chapter V – General provisions
Chapter VI – Final provisions
Recitals (67)
Annexes
Chapter III – Consumer information and right of withdrawal for distance and off-premises contracts
Article 6a
Additional specific information requirements for contracts concluded on online marketplaces
1. Before a consumer is bound by a distance contract, or any corresponding offer, on an online marketplace, the provider of the online marketplace shall, without prejudice to Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, provide the consumer with the following information in a clear and comprehensible manner and in a way appropriate to the means of distance communication:
(a) general information, made available in a specific section of the online interface that is directly and easily accessible from the page where the offers are presented, on the main parameters determining ranking, as defined in point (m) of Article 2(1) of Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, of offers presented to the consumer as a result of the search query and the relative importance of those parameters as opposed to other parameters;
(b) whether the third party offering the goods, services or digital content is a trader or not, on the basis of the declaration of that third party to the provider of the online marketplace;
(c) where the third party offering the goods, services or digital content is not a trader, that the consumer rights stemming from Union consumer protection law do not apply to the contract;
(d) where applicable, how the obligations related to the contract are shared between the third party offering the goods, services or digital content and the provider of the online marketplace, such information being without prejudice to any responsibility that the provider of the online marketplace or the third-party trader has in relation to the contract under other Union or national law.
2. Without prejudice to E-Commerce Directive, this Article does not prevent Member States from imposing additional information requirements for providers of online marketplaces. Such provisions shall be proportionate, non-discriminatory and justified on grounds of consumer protection.
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