German Regulatory Law
On 15 August 2003, a new law came into effect in Germany called "Gesetz zur Bekämpfung des Missbrauchs von (0)190er/(0)900er Mehrwertdiensterufnummern" ("Law for the combat of misuse of (0)190/(0)900 value added service numbers").
The law contains the following regulations:
- Forced price notices for service providers.
- Maximum price limits, legitimacy checks and automatic disconnects.
- Registration of dialers.
- Blocking of dialers.
- Right of information for consumers from the RegTP.
On 4 March 2004 the German Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe decided that fees for the usage of dialers do not have to be paid if it was used without the user's knowledge.
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