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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Middle East: 1,929 cases from 40 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by authority- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) €832,534 100 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Huws Gray Limited €2.54m 48 % · 1 case
- Marks Electrical Limited €832,534 16 % · 1 case
- Anonymised companies €737,131 14 % · 8 cases
- B&Q Limited €530,980 10 % · 1 case
- Elderly Aids Limited €221,691 4 % · 1 case
- Harvey Nichols and Company Ltd €210,723 4 % · 1 case
- DYS 44 Art Gallery Limited €185,916 4 % · 1 case
- Amazon – 0 % · 1 case
- Emma Matratzen GmbH, Emma Sleep UK Limited, Emma Sleep GmbH – 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | €832,534 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
15 Jun 2026 Marks Electrical LimitedCMA: GBP 720,000 fine for Marks Electrical over pre-selected extra services €832,534
Using its new powers under the DMCCA 2024, the CMA found that the electrical retailer had pre-selected and charged customers on its website for paid extra services (removal of the old appliance, packaging disposal) without their express consent during the period examined, April to November 2025. It imposed a fine of GBP 720,000 (GBP 1,200,000 before a 40% settlement discount) and required the company to refund the amounts charged in this way to affected customers (around GBP 600,000 according to the CMA).
Paid add-ons must never be pre-selected in an online shop – since the DMCCA, the CMA can impose fines and order refunds itself.
Pre-selected extra charges in online shops
- Authority / court
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Information duties in online retail
- Legal basis
- Regulation 40 Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013; Chapter 4 Part 3 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- 40% discount for admission and settlement (including waiver of appeal); the practice was stopped on the day the investigation was opened.
- Published
- 18 Jun 2026
Original amount 720,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Jun 2026.
- CMA case page: Marks Electrical: consumer protection enforcement case Enforcement database of an authority
- CMA: Final Infringement Notice, Marks Electrical Limited, Case 51652 (15 June 2026) Decision of an authority
- CMA press release: CMA orders Marks Electrical to refund customers over pre-selected extra charges (18 June 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link