The complaint filed on 6 April 2010 by the Hamburg Customer Protection Agency against Lidl due to unfair competition resulted in a swift victory. Vis-à-vis the Customer Protection Agency, Lidl formally agreed to cease proclaiming worldwide fair working conditions in its advertisements. The complaint was supported by the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). The pair objected to Lidl's advertisements that promised consumers fair labor conditions in its textile supplier plants in Bangladesh.

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On 6 April 2010, on the initiative of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), the Hamburg Consumer Protection Agency filed charges of unfair competition against the German discount retailer Lidl. The complaint, filed at the Heilbronn district court, demands that Lidl stop deceiving its customers about working conditions in its Bangladeshi textile suppliers.

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