Date of Amendment: 24 January 2025
Dispute Resolution
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The European Union has launched a portal designed to help consumers lodge complaints relating to disputes in which they are involved. Be On Sport provides comprehensive information to enable consumers to exercise their right to lodge a complaint with an independent and impartial official body. If you are not satisfied with a product or service we have provided, or with the solution we have offered to resolve the situation, you can access this official portal at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr and register your complaint.
Alternative dispute resolution offers consumers the opportunity to turn to independent bodies to assist them in resolving or seeking guidance on disputes before taking legal action in the courts. Generally, the procedure works as follows: customers request the intervention of an impartial third party who acts as a mediator between them and the trader against whom the complaint is made. This mediator may suggest a solution to the complaint, impose a resolution on both parties, or facilitate an agreement between them.
This concept of alternative dispute resolution may also be known by other names, such as mediation, conciliation, arbitration or a specialised consumer disputes committee.
Alternative dispute resolution is generally more accessible, less formal and quicker than traditional court proceedings.
Be On Sport provides information on the websites of some of these organisations that can help consumers put forward their case:
CNIACC
CNIACC, National Centre for Information and Arbitration of Consumer Disputes
https://www.cniacc.pt/pt/CACCL
Lisbon Centre for the Arbitration of Consumer Disputes
http://www.centroarbitragemlisboa.pt/TRIAVE
Vale do Ave Consumer Dispute Arbitration Centre/Arbitral Tribunal
http://www.triave.pt/CIAB
CIAB, Centre for Consumer Information, Mediation and Arbitration (Consumer Arbitration Tribunal)
http://www.ciab.pt/pt/CIMPAS
CIMPAS, Centre for Insurance Information, Mediation and Ombudsman Services
https://www.cimpas.pt/CICAP
CICAP, Consumer Arbitration Tribunal
https://www.cicap.pt/