{"id":52626,"date":"2026-04-09T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeb.org.cy\/new-consumer-protection-law-law-30i-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:33:12","slug":"new-consumer-protection-law-law-30i-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeb.org.cy\/en\/new-consumer-protection-law-law-30i-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Consumer Protection Law [Law 30(I)\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The Federation of Employers &amp; Industrialists (OEB) informs you that as of <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"29\">June 19, 2026<\/b> , the provisions of the new amending Law (harmonization with EU Directive 2023\/2673) will come into force, bringing about significant changes in distance transactions.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Main Responsibilities:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Withdrawal Function:<\/b> Mandatory addition of a clear cancellation option on websites and applications for immediate withdrawal of the consumer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Financial Services:<\/b> Stricter rules for pre-contractual information and explanations for services sold remotely.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Dark Patterns:<\/b> Prohibition of deceptive practices in web design that affect the user&#8217;s free decision.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Affected businesses are requested to immediately proceed with a <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"59\">technical upgrade of their websites<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"103\">an update of the terms of the contract<\/b>, in order to ensure full compliance by the date of implementation.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">More information on <a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.gov.cy\/gr\/%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7\/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8E%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82\/%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%84%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82\">the website of the Consumer Protection Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federation of Employers &amp; Industrialists (OEB) informs you that as of June 19, 2026 , the provisions of the new amending Law (harmonization with EU Directive 2023\/2673) will come into force, bringing about significant changes in distance transactions. 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