The Irish company Merrios Ltd, which Opera Déices & Gourmandis, cookies sales brand and other correspondence foods, received a fine of more than 6 million euros, especially for the illicit top, the repression of fraud (DGCCRF) announced Thursday.
The Survey of the General Directorate of Competition, Consumption and the repression of fraud “highlighted” the appeal, by this company based in Dublin, of practices prohibited by “the consumer code”, according to a press release.
The service of the Ministry of Economy criticizes it in particular for having approached consumers by phone “registered with the opposition list of Bloctel Telephone Lonvassing.”
Another “breach” said: “The telephone revashing of consumers at times, days or frequencies at which” this practice is “prohibited” and “through pre -recorded messages.”
The administrative fine, of 6,031,372.5 euros, also comes from “the absence of mandatory information”, to consumers “, with respect to the use of a mediation system” before and after the conclusion of a contract.
Renowned commercial practice
In addition to this sanction, the DGCCRF has ordered the Irish company, in two months, to rectify the faults prior to Soul, but also “to stop their aggressive commercial practice”, which consists in making consumers believe that they are the winners of a gain, while they are obliged, in an attempt to perceive it, make an order. “
In the event that it is not complement with these mandates, Merrios Ltd runs the risk of a “fine of a total amount that can amount to 10,000 euros per day of delay.”
The phone can be launched only from Monday to Friday to Friday, from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm at 8 pm, and prohibits holidays, recalls the DGCCRF in its place.
Established in mid -2016 by public authorities, the Bloctel service allows you to register telephone numbers to oppose the telephone long at these lines.
This device has not been demonstrated, the Senate adopted new measures in April.
Telephone flattering without consumer consent or in the absence of a current contract, regardless of the sector, as of August 11, 2026.
Since July 1, 2025, the canvas has already been prohibited without theft by telephone, SMS, email or through social networks in the fields of energy renewal and the adaptation of housing to disability or aging.
Source: BFM TV
