Omnibus Directive
Proving compliance with promotional pricing through Qualified Electronic Timestamping
With the implementation of the European Omnibus Regulation, designed to improve consumer protection in the EU, ensuring transparency and honesty in pricing practices has become a major challenge for businesses selling online.
Our Timestamping guarantees
for compliance with the Omnibus regulation
Price Authentication
Promotions are clearly documented, and provide evidence that discounts are based on actual prices and not artificially inflated
Proof of Compliance
The solution enables the ecommerce company to quickly and efficiently provide proof of compliance during audits
Protection against claims
Reduces the risk of litigation by providing precise, verifiable and reliable documentation
What does the European Omnibus Regulation
say about transparency of promotional pricing?
This legislation, which aims to protect consumers from deceptive pricing strategies, mandates complete transparency regarding promotional prices. Businesses must be able to prove that any pricing discounts are genuine and based on genuine reference prices offered before the promotion.
Compliance controls, conducted by authorities such as the DGCCRF in France, can lead to severe penalties for non-compliance, including fines of up to 300,000 euros and 2 years imprisonment.
Demonstrating compliance
with the Omnibus Directive?
A customised solution: designed to timestamp and archive thousands of reference prices daily, offering indisputable evidence of compliance with the European Omnibus Regulation.
Integration made easy: our service integrates seamlessly with your existing systems, enabling quick and effective implementation.
Expertise and support: our specialists are on hand to assist you confidently navigate the regulatory landscape of online promotions.
How does it work?
Step 1
Finetune the timestamping solution to fit the ecommerce company’s need
Step 2
Connect the Evidency system to the client system via API
Step 3
The system sends documents to Evidency for timestamping at a predefined frequency
Step 4
Evidency receives the documents in a digital format, encrypts them, timestamps them and returns the timestamp token to the client
Get in touch with our team for more information