EU set to ban foot-in-the-door salesmen

SPECIAL offers that are not so special, foot-in-the-door salesmen and ambulance-chasing lawyers will all be banned under a new EU law expected to be agreed next week.

The law is aimed at protecting consumers from misleading practices. Tánaiste Mary Harney will chair the third and last Competitiveness Council of the Irish Presidency in Brussels on Monday when they are expected to agree the new directive.

Industry and businesses in Britain, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have been fighting some of the new measures, saying it will be confusing and impossible to implement.