A Eurobarometer survey conducted in October 2006 showed that 56 per cent of consumers believe that, when buying from businesses in other member states, they are less likely to find respect for consumer protection laws. Another 71 per cent are of the opinion that it would be harder to resolve problems and 65 per cent would find it problematic to return a product in such cross-border purchases. Such figures seem to point to an acute difficulty.

Recent developments, such as music downloads and on-line auctions, raise various issues that current legislation may not be able to tackle well. The same holds for the widespread use of software.

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