La disciplina degli illeciti e delle sanzioni amministrative in materia di made in

The paper focuses on the latest approach of public enforcement of consumers’ rights, both at European and national level. The overview of the evolution of administrative sanctions and related inhibitory powers offers an interesting point of view. Particularly the analysis of sanctions against the violation of rules on the geographical origin of the goods and products, in three distinct sectors, shows a progressive expansion of public enforcement. Public enforcement is therefore an industrial policy tool with only indirect and accidental effects on consumers