Regulation on limits of monacolins from red mold rice published
Regulation (EU) 2022/860 - Regulation on limit quantities of monacolins from red mold rice published. On 01.06.2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/860 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) 1925/2006 was supplemented, and maximum quantities for monacolins from red mold rice were introduced. The regulation was long-awaited, the question of transition periods and the validity only for the production or also for [...]
UKRAINE: Guideline für a humanitarian stay in Austria
As already announced on Facebook and LinkedIn, lawpoint has developed a guide for a humanitarian stay in Austria together with a Ukrainian law firm. You can find this guide here in Ukrainian and English: Humanitarian stay Ukraine-en-ua
Consumer can claim damages due to misleading advertising
Decision of the Supreme Court from 16.12.2021, 4 Ob 49/21s - Consumer can claim damages due to misleading advertising. In competition law, it is common for the injured competitor to be able to claim damages from the unfairly acting competitor. In its decision 4 Ob 53/98t, the Supreme Court affirmed for the first (and so far only) time that a consumer who has suffered financial loss as a result of an anti-competitive act [...]
Draft amendment of the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Act (LMSVG)
A draft amendment to the LMSVG is currently being discussed in parliament. Although the self-proclaimed purpose of the amendment is to bring it into line with EU regulations, there are also some changes that go beyond this. The expansion of the list of measures in Section 39 LMSVG is particularly noteworthy. If the authority identifies a violation of food law regulations, the measures specified in [...]