Guidelines for Business
Our guidance helps businesses to understand their obligations under law and promotes a culture of compliance
Platform to Business (P2B) Regulation
Date: 17/11/2020
P2B EU Regulation 2019/1150 (the ‘P2B Regulation’) aims to provide a fair, transparent and predictable business environment for businesses who use online platforms to offer their goods or services to…
Consortium Bidding
Date: 23/04/2015
Page Attachment Consortium Bidding Guide.pdf The CCPC produced a guide targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to help them comply with competition law when tendering as part of a…
Bid-rigging: What you need to know
Date: 01/10/2018
Download our: Business Guide Checklist Artificially high business costs, created by anti-competitive conduct, may make Ireland less attractive for foreign investment and as a small open economy, Ireland is dependent…
Small Claims
Date: 21/06/2014
Sometimes businesses are taken to court through the Small Claims process by consumers or other businesses. Among the reasons consumers and businesses use this legal avenue are that: It’s a…
Advertising
Date: 22/07/2014
When you advertise goods or services you have to comply with the general principles that govern all advertising. This means your ads must be legal, honest, decent and truthful. Ads…
Guide to Unfair Terms in Contracts
Date: 21/06/2014
Consumers buying from businesses based in Ireland or the EU have strong consumer rights. This page covers your obligations to consumers on the terms in your contracts. These rights have…
Services
Date: 28/11/2022
Consumers buying from businesses based in Ireland or the EU have strong consumer rights. These rights are part of the Consumer Rights Act 2022 and apply to services you sell…
Restaurants and Cafes
Date: 05/05/2014
If you sell food to be consumed on your premises there are various rules about how shops and services must display their prices, so that consumers can make price comparisons…
Textile Labelling Regulations
Date: 11/05/2016
Material Composition The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is responsible for enforcing the legislation in respect of textile labelling i.e. European Union (Textile Fibre Names and Related Labelling and…
Licensed Premises
Date: 27/05/2014
If you run a licensed premises there are laws about how you must display your prices to consumers. The particular regulation is called the Retail Price (Beverages in Licensed Premises)…
