What is a Sweep?
An “EU Sweep” is a joint EU investigation and enforcement action to check for compliance with consumer protection laws. It involves carrying out a targeted and coordinated check on a particular sector with a view to seeing where consumer rights are being compromised or denied. Member State enforcement authorities then follow up on these findings, contacting the incompliant companies and demanding that they come into line with the relevant requirements. Legal action can be taken against operators who violate EU consumer law. The first EU Sweep on Airline ticket selling websites was conducted in 2007. It brought together 15 Member States plus Norway in a first joint action between enforcement authorities across Europe (see IP/08/722). This second EU Sweep was on mobile phone content services such as ring-tones, and wallpapers). It was carried out between 2-6 June 2008, by enforcement authorities in all 27 Member States as well as Norway and Iceland, and it was coordinated by the European
