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Art. 6:230oa Burgerlijk Wetboek (BW), inserted by Art. II, onderdeel D of the Implementatiewet richtlijn op afstand gesloten overeenkomsten inzake financiële diensten (Kamerstukken 36860), Staatsblad 2026, 153 (signed 8 April 2026, issued 24 June 2026). Art. III amends the Wet handhaving consumentenbescherming. Commencement (Art. IV): 19 June 2026, or the day after the Staatsblad is issued if that is later than 18 June 2026. The Staatsblad was issued on 24 June 2026, so the Act entered into force on 25 June 2026. Art. II onderdeel C also amends art. 6:230m lid 1, onderdeel h (pre-contract information on the availability and place of the function).

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The ACM is the supervisor of art. 6:230oa BW (MvT 36860, nr. 3, section 5; the AFM for financial-services contracts). Under Whc art. 2.9 it can impose an order subject to a penalty (last onder dwangsom) or an administrative fine (bestuurlijke boete), and under Whc art. 2.23 it can issue a public warning (openbare waarschuwing); Whc art. 8.2a obliges traders under Afdeling 2B of Title 5 of Book 6 BW to comply. Under Whc art. 2.15, the maximum fine is EUR 900,000 or, if higher, 1% of the offender's turnover. The maximum can be doubled for a repeat violation within 5 years. Only in coordinated EU enforcement actions (Whc art. 2.15 lid 3) is it 4% of the annual turnover in the Member States concerned, or EUR 2,000,000 when no turnover data is available. Civil consequence: the ACM warns that retailers who do not comply 'lopen het risico' that the statutory cooling-off period is extended to one year (press release of 11-06-2026). The statute (art. 6:230o lid 2 BW, read with art. 6:230m lid 1, onderdeel h, which now includes information on the availability and place of the function) extends the period until the missing information is provided, by at most twelve months; whether a missing function alone triggers this is an interpretation.

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