Overview

• The Cabinet granted preliminary approval to the Sustainable Consumption Law, marking its first formal step before review by consultative bodies.
• Advertisements by coal and oil companies for products made solely from fossil fuel derivatives will be banned, with gas marketing exempted.
• Promotional material for domestic short-haul flights will be prohibited when a cleaner transport alternative adds no more than two and a half hours to the journey.
• The law outlaws greenwashing by banning vague environmental claims and regulates fear-based marketing by requiring quantitative risk information in security ads.
• Consumer rights will be strengthened through a 12-month warranty extension on repaired goods, producer contributions to repair costs and mandatory 90-day disclosures of reduflation.