Guidelines for Business
Our guidance helps businesses to understand their obligations under law and promotes a culture of compliance
Resale price maintenance: what you need to know
Date: 30/06/2021
Resale price maintenance (RPM) involves an agreement between a supplier and a reseller, usually a retailer, preventing the reseller from setting its own prices for goods or services.
Platform to Business Regulations
Date: 17/11/2020
The CCPC is responsible for monitoring compliance with and enforcement of the Platform to Business Regulations. These rules create a fair business environment for smaller businesses and traders on online platforms. Find out more about the P2B Regulations.
Price fixing: What you need to know
Date: 25/08/2020
A key element of competition is price. It is essential that businesses set their prices independently. Price fixing is a serious form of anti-competitive …
CCPC Guidance for Business re COVID-19 Face Masks
Date: 18/05/2020
This guidance will be helpful to any business who intends to produce or distribute Barrier Masks for consumer use. There are different types of …
Gift vouchers: What you need to know
Date: 02/12/2019
The Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 came into effect in December 2019 and brought changes that your business needs to be aware of
Distributor and Retailers Product Safety Legislation Guide: Electrical Chargers
Date: 05/09/2019
As a distributor or retailer placing or making electrical chargers available on the market in Ireland, you are legally required to comply with the …
Contracts of care in nursing homes
Date: 07/05/2019
Download our guidelines for contracts of care in nursing homes The European Communities (Unfair Terms in Consumer …
Brexit and your business
Date: 25/02/2019
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has responsibility for enforcing competition and consumer protection law, as well as a specific remit in relation …
Geo-blocking: What you need to know
Date: 10/12/2018
Download our Geo-blocking business guide Geo-blocking is the practice, by online traders, of using technology to restrict access to online cross-border sales for reason …
Selling online: What you need to know
Date: 01/11/2018
The Consumer Rights Directive (CRD) came into force in 2014 and introduced a number of important changes to consumer law. It provides consumers with increased protection in distance selling (e.g. online) and off-premises (e.g. doorstep sales) contracts.
