Schaffhausen government rejects amendment to the UWG

On Tuesday, the Schaffhausen government council also announced that it rejects the planned amendments to the Unfair Competition Act (UWG) and the creation of a new special offense against ambush marketing (free-rider marketing). The proposals are disproportionate and unsuccessful. The current provisions offer sufficient protection.
As the news agency SDA writes, the government believes that all traders should be allowed to benefit from major events to a reasonable extent. It is not clear why the interests of the European Football Association UEFA or other major associations and organizations and their sponsors should be given special protection by the state at the expense of the concept of competition.

Schaffhausen is thus following the lead of the governments of the cantons of Thurgau, Solothurn, Baselland and Basel Stadt. The consultation period runs until mid-August.