Article 16Exceptions from the right of withdrawal

Member States shall not provide for the right of withdrawal set out in Articles 9 to 15 in respect of distance and off-premises contracts as regards the following:

(a)

service contracts after the service has been fully performed if the performance has begun with the consumer’s prior express consent, and with the acknowledgement that he will lose his right of withdrawal once the contract has been fully performed by the trader;

(b)

the supply of goods or services for which the price is dependent on fluctuations in the financial market which cannot be controlled by the trader and which may occur within the withdrawal period;

(c)

the supply of goods made to the consumer’s specifications or clearly personalised;

(d)

the supply of goods which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly;

(e)

the supply of sealed goods which are not suitable for return due to health protection or hygiene reasons and were unsealed after delivery;

(f)

the supply of goods which are, after delivery, according to their nature, inseparably mixed with other items;

(g)

The article continues in the official text.