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13 October 2011

Taking a complaint to court or arbitration EU 2011

An average of 8% of EU consumers would not be willing, irrespective of the financial loss to them, to take a trader to court or arbitration if they had a complaint. That being said 92% of EU consumers would be prepared to go to court or arbitration.


Country
Would never take a business to court % 2011
Would never take a business to out of court (ADR) % 2011  Source EuroBarometer 342 Special 2011
Austria
19
16
Belgium
10
9
Bulgaria
21
15
Cyprus
11
9
Czech republic
6
4
Denmark
4
5
Estonia
21
15
EU
8
7
Finland
6
3
France
6
5
Germany
7
6
Greece
26
25
Hungary
18
14
Iceland
2
2
Ireland
8
6
Italy
13
12
Latvia
13
12
Lithuania
11
10
Luxembourg
5
6
Malta
18
10
Netherlands
5
4
Norway
1
1
Poland
5
4
Portugal
11
11
Romania
6
5
Slovakia
12
10
Slovenia
16
14
Spain
5
6
Sweden
3
2
United Kingdom
6
6