The Dieselgate Returns at the CJEU: Lack of Conformity, EU Consumers’ Rights and Responsibility

Abstract

The answers given by the European Court of Justice in Cases C-145/20 and C-873/19 are groundbreaking for consumer law. Indeed, these decisions bring together two areas of law traditionally kept apart. They coordinate private law and technical regulations concerning polluting emissions in the light of the need to ensure both consumer and environmental protection. The approach suggests an evolutive interpretation of national law, capable of collecting contemporary regulatory trends and implementing the principle of sustainable development.